New Play Areas
The first 13 places in the borough to benefit from new play areas have been announced.
Hackney was one of just 20 local authorities in Britain to secure a slice of the Government’s £225million Play Pathfinder programme.
The borough won over £2.5million to renovate or build 28 play areas.
The work will be coordinated by The Learning Trust with input from the Council and local people. In August, Hackney Today asked residents to suggest the places they felt would most benefit from a new or improved play area, as part of a wider consultation.
Thanks to a great response, over 50 potential sites were identified and investigated, before being whittled down to the 13 listed below. These are set to be open by March next year.
The 13 locations set to get a new or improved play area are:
- Cranston estate, N1
- Shepherdess Walk park, N1
- De Beauvoir estate, N1
- Buxton Court, E8
- Jackman Street, E8
- Lea View House, E5
- Nye Bevan estate, E5
- Clapton Square park, E5
- Sandford Court, N16
- Butterfield Green (north), N16
- Melbourne Close, E5
- Trowbridge Village Green play area, E9
- Frampton Park estate ball games area, E9
Now residents, especially young people, are being asked to help decide the final 15 sites where play areas could be built or improved in a second phase of work.
There will be a series of workshops in November and December to help people choose a park, public place or estate they think deserves a cash injection.
Cllr Rita Krishna, Hackney’s Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, said: “It is important that we continue to get involvement from local people to identify play areas that will benefit most from the improvement.
“I urge anyone who has an interest to get in touch.”
More information
To submit an idea visit: www.consultationfinder.com/hackney or call Daniel Fitzpatrick on: 020 8820 7005.
Page updated: 7 Nov 2008