Injured soldiers are treated at Headley Court in Surrey
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Injured servicemen and women being treated at a rehabilitation centre in Surrey are being offered free use of a nearby swimming pool.
Members of Mole Valley District Council unanimously backed the move to offer the facilities to wounded personnel.
The council is now lobbying other Surrey authorities to do the same.
A campaign is under way to raise £5m to build a swimming pool and gym at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, Surrey.
About £1.6m has been raised for the pool and gym development since a Help for Heroes appeal began at the start of October.
The decision by Mole Valley council offers the soldiers and their families free use of facilities at the pool in Leatherhead, and free access to the cinema at Dorking Halls.
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