Jedburgh Leisure Facilities Trust

When our swimming pool was threatened with closure in 2000, it was a repeat of 5 or so years previously, when a local committee had to be formed to raise money to save it. This time, Scottish Borders Council were adamant that they would close the pool.

Following a public meeting, a new committee was formed to prepare a proposal to take over the pool from the Council. Subsequently, Jedburgh Leisure Facilities Trust ( a limited company, with charitable status) was formed to run the swimming pool and other projects of benefit to the town.

After much negotiation, JLFT took over management of the pool and fitness centre in July 2003, renaming it back to its old name of Laidlaw Memorial Pool. The Council still owns the building, and it pays JLFT a management fee for providing the vital service.