Play - Glad, Sad and Mad
Come and Play
GLAD, SAD, AND MAD...
Your views on play opportunities in South Shropshire
Feedback from the first Stakeholder Event on 06 April 2006
What makes us glad
- To have been asked!
- To have a lottery offer of £200,000
- To have volunteers who give their time
- To have many good quality pre-school facilities and play areas
- To have Ludlow Youth, Wheeler Road, Sport 2000, skateboard parks & lots more
- To have Tops training
- To have a play strategy
- To have enthusiastic young people
- To be living in South Shropshire where it's safe for young people to grow up
- And we're glad we care!
What makes us sad
- That there is vandalism & litter
- Play facilities stop for those over 18
- That groups of youths are seen as a threat
- That there is still not enough funding
- That there are not enough young people involved in consultation schemes
- That parks do not have enough supervision
- That school playgrounds cannot be used out of hours for various reasons including fear of litigation
- That the cost of transport is too much
- That policies take too long to action
- That there are too many community safety issues and regulations
What makes us mad
- Lack of funding
- Dog mess on play areas
- Lack of facility maintenance
- Lack of recognition of the views of the community
- No skateboard park or tennis courts in Ludlow
- Hostility from the older generation towards youths
- Inappropriate play areas for under 10s
- Not enough unstructured play
- Focus only on play areas for able-bodied children
- Empty premises & empty promises
Priorities for action
Your votes
- Ludlow skateboard park (36)
- Increased consultation, particularly with young people (17)
- Working with schools and LEA to maximise use of premises and fields outside school hours (9)
- Unstructured play through childcare & pre school groups (6)
- Facilities that meet the needs of all ages & abilities (5)
- Easy access to facilities all across the area (4)
Over 80 people attended with representatives including
- S S D C
- Ludlow Town Council
- Cleobury Mortimer Playing Fields
- S S V A
- Burford Parish Hall
- Clun Indoor Bowls
- Cleobury Mortimer Foundation Stage
- Rockspring
- Cleobury Mortimer Playing Fields Group
- and lots of others
There will be many more opportunities to get involved in the South Shropshire Play
Strategy, and the bid for Big Lottery Funding.
If you would like to get involved, please contact
Irene Wills on 01584 813204 or
e-mail regeneration@southshropshire.gov.uk
and we will add you to our contact list.
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