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- Heatwave warning
- £1million for more borough playgrounds
- Record numbers for youth services
- New children's centre for Hampton
- New task group helps parents participate in their children’s education
- Emergency support for carers
- People needed to help disabled children take part in activities
- Greycourt School pupil designs Council’s new youth web pages
- Homecare standards at new high
- Heathrow meeting call to new transport secretary
- Council makes cycling even easier
- Making more allotments available
- Have your say on the re-development of the Avenue Centre
- Pupils aim to go waste free for lunch
- Twickenham Carnival comes to town
- Young people's votes to decide how £1million youth fund is spent
- Richmond upon Thames - the best place to live
- Lord Puttnam visits as Art Fund Prize decision day looms
- Drive easy in Richmond town centre
- Healthy alternative to drugs
- Council concerned over preservation of Normansfield
- Teaching Awards hope for Hampton Hill
- Last chance to help Orleans House Gallery win £100,000
- Be local, buy local, and be proud of Whitton
Release Date: 26/06/2009
£1million for more borough playgrounds
Children and young people will soon get the chance to enjoy even more of the borough’s parks and open spaces, after Richmond Council announced a £1million investment in local playgrounds.
The money will be put to towards enhancing existing play areas and creating new ones, with 11 potential sites already identified.
The Council will be talking to local residents to find out what they want to see done.
Commenting on the plans, Cllr Liz Jaeger, Cabinet Member for Youth, Culture and Leisure, said:
“Making sure our children and young people have top class facilities to exercise and enjoy themselves in, is something we are dedicated to providing. I’m very pleased we’re able to start this work.
“The new and enhanced play areas will be fully accessible, offering something to families and children of all ages. In the coming months we will be speaking to local people about what they would like to see in the areas near them. I hope as many people as possible give us their views as this will enable us to make the best use of the money.”
The enhancements will use more natural materials, such wood, water and sand.
Work on the new play areas will begin in autumn 2009 and is expected to be complete by autumn 2010. More sites will benefit from the funding in the second year.
The funding comes from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
The eleven areas identified:
- Heathfield Community Centre
- Heathfield Recreation Ground
- Ham Village Green
- Ham Sandy Lane
- Hampton Travellers site
- Hampton Common
- Chertsey Court Playground
- Castelnau recreation Ground
- Croft Centre
- Broom Road
- Kneller Gardens
For more information contact Colin Sinclair on 020 8831 6140.
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