IN BRIEF
LITTLE AMAL MAKES A GIANT IMPACT ON LIVERPOOL
SPLASH WORLD SOUTHPORT EDGES CLOSER TO 2022 REOPENING
Splash World in Southport has taken an exciting step closer to reopening after Sefton Council ’ s Cabinet today approved an additional £ 270,000 towards essential repair works .
Little Amal was welcomed to Liverpool waterfront with open arms as she visited the city for the first time . As part of her ‘ New Steps , New Friends ’ tour through England for World Refugee Week , which commenced this week , Amal learnt about the city ’ s rich history of migration alongside Tate Liverpool , National Museums Liverpool and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres .
Amal enjoyed a kick around with LFC ’ s Foundation Inclusion team outside the Martin Luther King Jr Building , putting them through their paces before hugging the team goodbye in front of a cheering crowd . Afterwards , Amal joined children from Smithdown Primary School to get creative outside Tate Liverpool , and posing for a photo next to the florescent Liverpool Mountain .
Following this , Little Amal became an honorary member of the Museum of Liverpool ’ s community archaeology team at Piermaster ’ s Green , helping to uncover the lives of those who lived and worked on the dock many moons ago .
Before visitors waved goodbye to Little Amal , Asylum Link performed on the Museum of Liverpool ’ s steps , providing rhythmic musical melodies for Amal to dance alongside her newly made friends in Liverpool .
Afterwards , Amal visited a local primary school with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres to play games and get creative with the youngsters , ending a reflective and joyful day in the city .
The popular all weather indoor water park , which normally welcomes thousands of families from across the North West of England each year , is on course to reopen later this year , with a provisional target date of October .
Splash World was temporarily closed in December 2019 in order for the building to undergo essential maintenance and refurbishment works . However due to the COVID-19 pandemic ’ s huge impact on the construction sector , these works were set back .
Nevertheless during this time Sefton Council utilised the Splash World building to create a specialist SMART testing unit for COVID-19 , with the centre playing a pivotal role in keeping thousands of residents and key workers safe from potential infection .
Works resumed in Summer 2021 and are continuing on schedule , with teams working hard towards a provisional target of reopening Splash World in October .
Cllr Ian Maher , Leader of Sefton Council , said : “ Cabinet have approved an additional £ 270,000 towards the completion of these essential works and I am delighted that we are getting closer to welcoming everyone back to Splash World . I would like to take this opportunity to place on record my thanks to our various teams and contractors , who have been working extremely hard to ensure these essential maintenance works have been carried out efficiently and effectively , so that we can all once again don our swimming trunks and enjoy this wonderful all weather facility . I ’ d also like to thank all of our Dunes Leisure Centre users who have remained patient and understanding while potentially noisy works have been carried out adjacent to where they exercise .”
An announcement regarding the official reopening date of Splash World Southport will be made in due course .
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