Our Campaigns
Future of Woolton campaigns are intended to bring people, evidence, partnerships and practical planning together when a valued community or heritage asset needs a stronger future.
Campaigning with purpose
Awareness is important, but our aim is to go further. Where Future of Woolton supports a campaign, we want to understand the problem properly, build the evidence, develop realistic options and work constructively with the organisations and professionals needed to move it forward.
That approach began with Save Woolton Baths and will help shape any future campaigns the organisation takes on.
Current position
Save Woolton Baths is currently Future of Woolton's first and only flagship campaign.
We will not create additional campaigns simply to expand the organisation. Future campaigns should be taken on only where there is a genuine need, a clear charitable purpose and enough capacity to manage them responsibly.
Active campaigns
First flagship mission
Woolton • Liverpool
Working towards a viable long-term route to protect, restore and sustainably reopen the Grade II listed Woolton Baths for community use.
The campaign is developing the governance, professional support, community backing, financial planning and Council engagement needed to give Woolton Baths the strongest possible future.
1893
Baths opened
Grade II
Listed building
Community
Long-term purpose
From concern to action
Every project will be different, but Future of Woolton will aim to follow a disciplined process rather than making commitments before the facts are known.
Understand the community issue, asset or opportunity and establish whether Future of Woolton can create genuine charitable benefit.
Gather community support, factual evidence, professional input, costs, risks and information from relevant organisations or public bodies.
Determine the appropriate legal, property, funding, partnership or delivery route before making commitments.
Move into fundraising, delivery or restoration only when the necessary governance, permissions, controls and resources are in place.
Our campaign standards
Campaigns should be shaped by real community need, local knowledge and meaningful public benefit.
We will distinguish clearly between ambitions, estimates, discussions, offers, confirmed commitments and completed work.
We will not promote unsupported costs or launch major fundraising without appropriate controls and a clear purpose for the money raised.
Saving an asset is not enough. We want viable plans for operation, maintenance, governance and long-term resilience.
Future campaigns
In future, Future of Woolton may support the protection or regeneration of other qualifying community and heritage assets where doing so falls within the charity's purposes and the organisation has sufficient capacity to take the work on responsibly.
No future campaign will be treated as committed until the trustees have considered its charitable benefit, risks, resources, responsibilities and impact on existing projects.
Have a community concern?
Future of Woolton should remain connected to the places and issues that matter to local people.
We may not be able to take on every issue, particularly while the organisation is being established, but we welcome constructive community contact.
Contact Future of WooltonSupport our flagship campaign
Follow the campaign, get involved or learn more about the work underway to protect one of Woolton's most important community heritage assets.
