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  This
play area is often visited by children from Julia's House Hospice.
To provide them with the sort of play experiences that able bodied
children take for granted we have included equipment that is
suitable for enjoyment by those with a range of physical
restrictions, but which do not preclude others.
One of those
pieces is a special wheelchair-friendly seesaw (left) which is made
in Germany.
Others include
a buddy swing, a spiral spinning top and moonwalker. The raft
see-saw should also be accessible by some less able-bodied children.
In July 2010
Leisure Services' Greenspace Community Officers worked with children
and staff from Springdale First School, and with Julia's House, on
the design to be painted on the plain timber wheelchair-friendly
see-saw. They created a seaside theme, which they painted over
a period of three days. The design has been protected with a
layer of anti-graffiti varnish.
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Click image above
to download the plan for play improvements
January
2010 (PDF, 1MB)
The play area
before improvements:
Funding for a new footpath
In August
2009 Leisure Services was awarded a match funding grant from
Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, to make access
improvements to Springdale Recreation Ground.
The £13,500
'Cycling England Links to Schools Project' grant will allow the
Greenspace Maintenance Team to replace a dangerous access ramp at
Lewesdon Drive with a DDA-compliant shared-use ramp. The funds
will also allow the improvement and widening of the existing path
across the open space linking Silverdale Close to Lewesdon Drive.
Not only will
these works benefit the open space with improved, safer, shared-use
access, they will also improve links to the play area and to
Springdale First School from local residential areas, and help
promote use of sustainable transport options.
 Works
were carried out in September 2009.
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