Despite the announcement by Government that it is withdrawing the grant to support free swimming for under 16's and pensioners, Barrow Borough Council has decided to continue the initiative through to March 2011.
The Council will use £40,000 of its reserves to replace the government grant which is being withdrawn, and will review the long term future of the scheme as part of its 2011/12 budget review which will take place following the publication of the government’s Public Spending Review on 20th October 2010.
Vice Chairman of the Council’s Executive Committee Ken Williams said: “I think we all appreciate the difficult task the government is facing in balancing the nations books and why this grant has been withdrawn. However, I am delighted that because of our sound financial position we are able to use money we set aside in past good years to keep this valuable scheme going until March rather than end it abruptly as many other Council’s are being forced to do”.
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