Dawkins Road Play Area

Dawkins Road, Carisbrooke Crescent, Poole

Young people's consultation, 2009

9th June	Turlin Moor Youth Centre, Year 7 group 14 young people aged 11-13 yrs consulted [findings]
11th June	Visit to the play area (promoted in Hamworthy Middle and Turlin Moor Combined schools). 29 young people aged 4-12 yrs consulted [findings]
16th June	Turlin Moor Combined School Youth Council meeting - process agreed
23rd June	Turlin Moor Combined School - assembly with all pupils
29th June	Collected Questionnaires from the school [report]
30th June	Meeting with Hamworthy 1st Division Brownies
3rd July	Revisited the play area
8th July	Meeting with 2nd Division Hamworthy Guides
14th July	Turlin Moor Combined School Youth Council meeting
23rd July	Revisited the play area with local resident [comments]
10th August	No comments/requests received from local residents since door-to-door leaflet distribution in July
Follow-up:
11th Aug	Revisited play area to share information and progress

Findings from the play area visit Thursday 11th June 2009, 3:30pm – 5:30pm 17 boys aged 4-13 yrs, 12 girls aged 5-12 yrs Hamworthy Park was mentioned the most as favourite choice of park (due to it being close to the sea and having lots to do), Dawkins Road was named as the second favourite as it was close to home. Upton Country Park, Upton Rec, Poole Park and Whitecliff were also named. The majority of young people we spoke to use Dawkins Road the most as it was close to their home but several used Hamworthy Park the most as it was on the way home from school. The football goals were mentioned most often as the piece of equipment that young people would want to keep in the park. The climbing frame, monkey bars, roundabout and slides were also mentioned. Suggestions were made to move the football goals out of the park area, add a high fence and a bin. It was stressed that there was a need for the glass to be cleaned up. One group came up with the idea that children should get passes so older ones cannot enter the park. Additions included: Variety of swings (tyre, bucket, ones for older ones) Spinning climbing net BBQ area Sandpit Climbing frames Add more shade – a sail thing like at Hamworthy School Wobble Boards Bike Track Big bendy slide Zip wire Tunnels Rebound wall Bike / skate ramps Hot tub Paddling pool Higher monkey bars Play house Climbing rocks Better sitting area N.B Comment was made that people felt more able to come and play in the park as the Mobile vehicle and staff had a presence – this highlights the need to look at Play Rangers being based here in the future. Youth Centre consultation A session was also run at the Yr 7 night at Turlin Moor Youth Centre on Tuesday 9th June. Comments were received about Foreland Road, Turlin Moor Pavilion and Dawkins Road Play Area. 9 females and 5 males aged 11-13 yrs participated. Favourite parks included: Poultons Park Poole Park (big with loads to do) Foreland Road (lots of stuff for younger ones so can take little brothers and sisters) Dawkins Road Parks visited the most were Foreland Road, Turlin Moor Pavilion, Dawkins Road and Hamworthy Park. Suggestions for Dawkins Road: Keep jungle gym and climbing frame Big climbing frame needed – brightly coloured and really high with wood and metal. Some kind of shelter for teenagers to sit to keep them out of the way Jacuzzi Basket swing
Turlin Moor Combined School consultation covering Turlin Moor Pavilion, Foreland Road & Dawkins Road play areas This report outlines the findings from the questionnaires completed by pupils from Turlin Moor Community School and draws conclusions from across the consultations about the main changes young people would like to see to each park. Participants who completed the questionnaire: From the school 46 questionnaires were completed. 19 by males and 27 by females. The ages were spread from 7-12 yrs with the majority being aged 9-11. All of those who completed the questionnaire live in the BH16 postcode. “The field” next to Pavilion Park was mentioned most frequently as their favourite place to play and Foreland Road Park was mentioned by over a quarter of respondents as the park they visited most. The preference for activities was as follows: Climbing Competition & Spinning Hanging out & Swinging Balancing Jumping / Sliding Rocking About Dawkins Road play area particularly: 35 pupils made comments on improvements that they would like to see happening at Dawkins Road. Keep in the park: Most pupils mentioned the climbing frame as the piece of equipment they would like to keep in the park: Climbing frame (15) Roundabout (14) Swings (12) Football Goals (10) Everything (6) Monkey bars (6) Change in the park: “Change swings to tyre swings or zip wire” (F, aged10) The goals were mentioned most as the piece of equipment that young people would like changed: The goals (9) Climbing frame (5) Swings (4) Roundabout (3) Monkey Bars (3) Everything (2) Baby swings (2) Additions to the park: A zip wire would be the most popular addition to the park: Zip Wire (5) More stuff (2) Bins (2) Tunnels (1) Fence (1) Seats (1) Big slide (1) In addition to the work in Turlin Moor Community School we also worked with 1^st Hamworthy Brownies and 2^nd Hamworthy Guides. They made very similar choices to those above, and were very keen to see equipment of the kind recently installed in Hamworthy Park and Whitecliff Park added to Dawkins Road.
Comments/requests received during visit to the play area 23rd July Better football facilities (2 goals posts?) outside the play area Request that Play Rangers visit the site Quiet area/picnic area Basket Swing Cone Climber Zip Wire High Monkey Bars Aeroskate (ref Hamworthy Park, explained inappropriate so close to this one) Young people like the existing climbing frame and wouldn’t mind if it was kept – if it was painted

Youth Centre consultation