Playbuilder Projects

Important news update 9th May 2011

A reduced grant of £365,000 has been received from central government.

Councillors have decided that rather than spending the funds on all 11 sites and achieving minor improvements, that Leisure Services should concentrate on improving 6 sites - Millfield, Selkirk Close, Pergin Recreation Ground, Charter Road, Parkway and Hatchards Field.

These six were selected from the original 11 projects by considering the numbers of children living within 400m of the sites, and choosing those that are likely to be used by the highest number of 8-13 year olds.

The projects will be delivered during 2011 with regular online updates provided.

Read about Playbuilder projects and the background to Playbuilder funding

Year 2 Playbuilder projects affected by budget cuts:
Millfield play area	Creekmoor	Completed
Selkirk Close play area	Merley	Completed
Parkway, Puddletown Crescent	Canford Heath	Completed
Charter Road play area	Bearwood	Completed
Pergin Recreation Ground	Creekmoor	Completed
Hatchard's Field play area	Rossmore	Work starts 30th January
Belben Road play area	Alderney	No funding for this site
Broadstone Recreation Ground	Broadstone	No funding for this site
Fenner's Field play area	Merley	No funding for this site
Halstock Crescent play area	Canford Heath	No funding for this site
Scott Road play area	Wallisdown	No funding for this site

Playbuilder Year 1

Borough of Poole was originally awarded more than £1 million 'Playbuilder' funding in April 2009, for the improvement of 22 play areas in two years. School children and residents were consulted and the first 11 play areas were completed between November 2009 - May 2010.

Sherborn Crescent play area	Completed 7th November 2009
Dawkins Road play area	Completed 3rd December 2009
Foreland Road play area	Completed 23rd December 2009
Beamish Road play area	Completed 23rd December 2009
Turlin Moor Pavilion play area	Completed 28th January 2010
Uppleby Road play area	Completed 6th February 2010
Gough Crescent play area	Completed 11th March 2010
Haskells Rec play area	Completed 30th March 2010
Oakdale Community Park	Completed 1st April 2010
Lewesdon Drive play area	Completed 16th April 2010
Alexandra Park	Completed 28th May 2010

Playbuilder funding 2009-2011