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THE BLU COMMITTEE
The BLU Committee is elected at the AGM each year, although members may also be co-opted through the year. BLU committee members also form part of the steering committee that liaises with the leisure operator, Fusion Lifestyle, and Lambeth Council.
Chair
Ben Longman
Ben has been a member at the lido for several years and swims daily. He is a former trustee of a local charity, co-founder of Brixton’s community fridge and lives locally. He is committed to ensuring a strong user voice, fostering the lido community and helping maintain the future of the lido.
Ian Matthews
Ian has been swimming regularly at the Lido for the past six years. More recently he has been a user of the Gym and exercise classes. He has many years of experience working with voluntary Boards and Committees to deliver social objectives.
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Robin McIver
Robin swims at the lido early most mornings and is a member of the year-round crew. He also uses the gym and sauna regularly. Robin’s wife Kate is a regular swimmer and their son too, when it warms up. He has been using the lido regularly for several years, and has lived in the neighbourhood for the last 20+ years. By day he is the deputy Chief Operating Officer at King's College London.
Tina Mckenzie O’Neill
Tina is a longtime swimmer at the lido, whose children have swum here and also where she first learned to swim lengths properly. She has taught in South London for 20 years, brings some of her classes to the lido and has experience on committees and as a school governor.
Marc Meryon
Marc swims every day and uses the sauna every day during winter. He does classes most days. A recently retired lawyer, he was a NED at Kings Hospital for 6 years and also helps support Dulwich allotments, drafting documents and advising on resolving disputes and at the lido has been liaising with BLU to raise user concerns from across the spectrum of users.
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Margie Patrick
Margie has been swimming at the Lido for 7 years and swims all your round from Winter dips to longer training sessions in the Summer. She also loves swimming in the sea when she gets a chance and has done a number of long distance swimming events. She is the co-swimming captain at Windrush Triathlon Clu., She lives locally, occasionally does parkrun and also attends spin classes at the Lido.
Secretary
Carole Stagg
Carole has been Brockwell lido user for 61 years and is a user of the gym, spa and the pool: her first dip was as a 3 year old with my parents. It was where she learnt to swim as a young child and where she still loves to ‘take the waters’ every day.
Treasurer
Stephen Trowell
Stephen is a regular user of the pool, gym and spa. He lives locally and when not at the Lido is often to be found elsewhere in Brockwell Park. He has been a BLU member and committee member for many years and has recently stepped down as chair of the BLSC committee.