Prominent Supporters

We are extremely grateful for the support of a number of prominent figures and organisations who recognise the value of our project and are helping us progress our journey including:

Sport England

Kindly provided grants of £13,500 as part of the 'Activate Your Space' scheme

Alistair Brownlee MBE

Double Olympic Champion (2012 & 2016) in triathlon | Resident of Bramhope

Katie White OBE MP

Member of Parliament for Leeds North West (2024-) | Constituency MP for Otley

Alex Sobel MP

Member of Parliament for Leeds Central & Headingley (2024-) | Former Member of Parliament for Leeds North West (2017-2024) | Former Shadow Minister for Arts, Heritage & Tourism | Former Shadow Minister for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment

Rachel Reeves MP

Member of Parliament for Leeds West & Pudsey (2024-) | Former Member of Parliament for Leeds West (2010-2024) | Chancellor of the Exchequer

Baroness Blake of Leeds

Spokesperson for Energy & Net Zero and also Business & Trade in the House of Lords | Former Shadow Spokesperson for Housing, Communities & Local Government in the House of Lords | Former Leader of Leeds City Council (2015-2021) | Leeds City Councillor for 23 years | Resident of Otley

Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin

Former Member of Parliament (Batley & Spen, 2016-2021)

Leeds City Council

Otley Town Council

Chair of Otley Town Council, Cllr Richard Hughes | Included both FoOL and the site in the Otley Neighbourhood Plan | Kindly offered a grant for the final £5,000 towards feasibility study (agreed unanimously) | Kindly provided a grant of £500 | Actively engaging with us

Otley Business Improvement District (BID)

Kindly provided a grant of £5,000 towards feasibility study | Kindly provided a grant of £500 | Enable relationships to be built with local businesses

Otley Chamber of Trade

Kindly offered a grant for £1,000 towards feasibility study | Enable relationships to be built with local businesses

Otley Town Partnership

Philip Longthorn

Our first major benefactor

We are delighted that our vision has garnered a wide spectrum of support and grateful for the public endorsements of our project. We hope you are inspired to learn more about our vision for the lido and to ultimately join the organisations and individuals above in supporting our journey so we can deliver benefits for the community - both now and for future generations.

Leeds City Council recognises the importance of physical activity for our residents and visitors to Leeds, especially as an integral element of our planned recovery from Covid. Swimming and water based activity is a critical element of this and in particular offers significant benefits across the ages so we are pleased to be able to add our support to the communities’ efforts to bring this much valued local facility back into use. As part of this commitment the Council continues to be willing to consider how best to support the community bringing the facility back into use subject to the necessary external funding being found.

Cllr James Lewis (Leader, Leeds City Council)