Scarborough 400: People wanted for giant beach challenge on South Bay
Scarborough residents are being invited to make a splash for the town’s 400th anniversary by forming a giant human number 400 on South Bay beach in a fun fundraising challenge supporting plans for a new tidal sea pool.
On Sunday, November 15 at 1pm Scarborough Sea Pool CIC want as many people as possible (ideally 400) to join them on the beach at Scarborough’s South Bay near the Beachcomber Kiosk.
Participants will come together to create a stunning spectacle on the beach, lining up to form a giant number 400 to honour the ongoing Scarborough 400 celebrations.
Scarborough Sea Pool CIC will provide a brightly coloured swimming hat for each participant. People of any age can join in and fancy dress is encouraged, with organisers hoping participants will arrive dressed up as their favourite sea creature.
There will be an optional quick dip in the sea afterwards, subject to weather and sea state, tide is forecast to be low.
The aim of the event is to fundraise towards the project to build a new tidal sea pool, close to the Spa at Scarborough South Bay. The tidal sea pool would make it safer for everyone to swim all year round, helping newcomers to sea swimming and cold water dipping to feel more at ease.
The organisation also hopes that the sea pool could be a venue for open water swimming events and water safety training.
The project has already had pledges from anonymous donors of £1500 towards this and the organisation are aiming to raise an additional £1500.
Scarborough Sea Pool CIC said: “The project is reaching an important milestone in progressing with marine engineering and specialist technical surveys, which this funding will help with.
The 400 on the beach challenge will be a fun, creative and visually engaging way for people to show support for the Scarborough Sea pool project and to keep the Scarborough 400 celebrations going into the Autumn”.
To register for the event visit Scarborough 400 Celebration on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scarborough-400-celebration-tickets-2003468341742.
Donations can be made through the organisation’s Go Fund Me page “Dive in and Donate”.
Visit https://e-voice.org.uk/scarboroughseapool/ for more information
Please note all participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult