Your local play area is
changing!
Have your say in it's future
In April 2009 Borough of Poole was awarded
more than £1 million by the Government Department
for Children, Schools and Families.
It is to be spent by the end of March 2011
on the improvement of 22 play areas for the 8-13 year
age range.
The programme is split into two
separate years, each of which will develop and deliver 11 projects.
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Opening Events
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Friday 9th
April - Alexandra Park, Uppleby Road and Haskells Rec play
areas - details to be confirmed
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Friday
16th April - Oakdale Community Park, Gough Crescent and Lewesdon Drive play areas - details
to be confirmed
 On Monday 15th
February the first five refurbished play areas were officially opened on the same day during half term:
Beamish Road,
Sherborn Crescent, Turlin Moor Pavilion, Foreland Road and Dawkins
Road play areas [more].
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Poole has more than 40 play areas,
and selection of the 22 for improvement
was based primarily on an in-depth assessment of the condition
and play value of the existing facilities.
The first priority of the programme
is to identify and
talk with school children, other users, neighbours and local interest
groups to establish their needs, wishes and any concerns.
Year 1
The main consultations were carried
out between June and August 2009. Designs were developed over the
following three months and installation commenced in November 2009, using
three separate installation teams. We are on target to complete ten
projects; the plans for Alexandra Park are
currently under review.
 Year
2
We start work on the design of Year 2
sites in April 2010 - If you would like to influence the changes please
be involved.
Background
In September 2008 Leisure
Services, together with Children and Young People's Services (CYPS),
submitted a bid to the Department for Children, Schools and Families
(DCSF) for 'Wave 2 Playbuilder' funding. The success of the
bid was announced in April 2009.
As with all government grants
there are strict criteria to be met and the requirement that project
proposals and management be approved by
Play England who administer the fund on behalf of the DCSF.
The first step toward achieving
the necessary approvals was the production of a
Project Plan, submitted to Play England
on 30th March
2009:
Managing the Projects
An Officer Working Group was
established in January 2009. It includes representatives of Leisure
Services and Children & Young People's Integrated Services and Finance who are
working together with others to deliver the play areas within the deadline
set by the funding agreement. The group meet
monthly,
supported by representatives from Procurement, Legal & Democratic,
Transportation and Property Services.
Councillor Tony Woodcock is
Portfolio Holder for CYPIS and the Borough's Play Champion, and has
been appointed Portfolio Holder responsible for Playbuilder.
The Responsible Officer is Clare Freeman, Greenspace Manager,
Leisure Services.
Joint reports from CYPS and
Leisure Services will be submitted to Poole's Environment Overview
and Scrutiny Group, Children's Services Scrutiny Group and
Children's Services Capital Programme Board.
Playbuilder Project Manager and main
contact for general enquiries:
Mike Gotobed Play
Development Officer, Leisure Services
Tel: 01202
261324 .
Email Mike
Other Lead Officers:
Richard Nicholson Greenspace
Development Team Leader, Leisure Services
Tel: 01202 261347 .
Email Richard
Annie Draper Locality
Manager, Children & Young People Services
 Tel: 01202 261540 .
Email Annie
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