Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

VIDEO: Group launches £150,000 fundraiser to save historic Aberdeen swimming pool

An online fundraiser has been launched by the Aberdeen campaign group hoping to save the city’s historic Bon Accord Baths.

The swimming pool and surrounding building were closed to the public 12 years ago, and over that time considerable damage has been done by rainwater and vandals.

Windows have been smashed, offensive graffiti has been scrawled over the walls and doors have been bashed through – with much of the worst damage being inflicted over the lockdown period since March.

Aberdeen City Council granted campaign group Bon Accord Heritage a temporary licence to occupy the building last month, allowing them to clear up much of the superficial damage ahead of an open day – set to take place tomorrow.

The fundraiser aims to raise £150,000, the amount needed to repair the roof, pointing and skylights, making the building wind and watertight.

This would enable the group to do the necessary work to open up more of the building for public access and further fundraising events.

Bruce Strachan, Stephen Cooper, Ian Mitchell and Craig Mcandie of Bon Accord Heritage.

Trustee and board member of Bon Accord Heritage Freya Morrow said: “We’re just blown away by the response we’ve had on social media and the offers of support we’ve had from local companies coming in to help us with the cleaning and removing some of the graffiti.

“It’s been really great, really encouraging.”

She added: “The open day is to give people a chance to come in and see what the building is like now.

“Lots of people have very happy memories there, and it’s not how it used to be.

“It will get people in to see just how important it is that we save this historic building.”

Currently, more than 430 people have said on Facebook they will be attending the open day, with more than 2,600 declaring themselves interested in the event.

The initial licence to occupy the baths building lasts for seven weeks, but the group is hoping their work so far will encourage the council to grant them more time.

Bon Accord Heritage founder Craig Adams said: “It’s early days at the moment.

“If we can get this money to repair the roof, that will keep it wind and watertight for another twenty years, which gives us ample time to sort the rest of it out.”

The fundraiser can be found at www.gofundme.com/f/save-bon-accord-baths