Community Children take over the Park!

Designed entirely by 528 local children, young people and adults; two years of hard work; 324 hours of voluntary work; and 28 meetings later, the Trust Ground Improvement Group (TGIG) have been successful in gaining funding to build a new community play space at the Trust Ground, on North Road in Stoke Gifford, using Big Lottery Fund and Groundwork UK’s Community Spaces funding of £49,000.

The group are delighted to let the diggers roll, next month, to see a tired play space replaced by a positive natural community space for 0-90yr olds. The tireless efforts of the TGIG have worked in partnership with the Trust Committee, Southern Brooks Community Partnership’s Community Development Worker and Stoke Gifford Parish Council, through their Green Spaces Strategy.

The play space complies with the National Play Strategy 2007 and Play England’s principles to enable challenging play in a social environment offering motivational play. The group plan to launch this great space in October as an example of a community deciding on the needs of their community and taking joint action for the benefit of the community.

Congratulations TGIG for your efforts and we look forward to seeing the fruits of your labours later this year! If you are interested in running a community project of your own, visit Community Spaces on www.community-spaces.org.uk or phone 0845 3671 671.

For further information regarding the project contact Kate O’Brien, Community Development – Stoke Gifford, Southern Brooks Community Partnership, email: [email protected] or phone 01454 868572

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