The Astbury Mere Country Park is a registered charity and run by a group of volunteers. It does not receive a regular income from Cheshire East Council and is a completely separate organisation. The park has over 255,000 visitors a year. Unfortunately, its toilets (ladies, gents and disabled) are in need of essential repairs and improvements, but with a declining income in the current economic climate, this is proving difficult to fund.

We would like a major rebuild of this area, but this would require significant investment. In the short term, we need funding to:

- Replace the leaking sink and the surrounding area in the ladies' toilet which has become rotten

- Replace damaged tiles in all the toilets with something more permanent.

- Replace the broken toilet roll holders in all the toilets

- Address the leaking taps in the men's toilets.

- Look to replace the boiler which supplies the hot water and heating to the toilets.

This is estimated to cost in the region of £10,000. The aim of this campaign is to raise the necessary funds to start work on this.

To minimise disruption the Trust intends starting the remedial work which it can afford in parallel with the fund raising so the improvements should be seen soon.