RELEASE DATE 18 September 2006
TITLE PATHWAY TO PLAY
 

Improvement work has started this week at St Anns play centre in Nottingham. Local regeneration charity, Groundwork Greater Nottingham is managing a project to improve the grounds of the inner city playcentre. This week now marks the start of big changes planned for the grounds; big, literally as the later stages of the improvements are being funded by the BIG Lottery Fund! This phase however, is being funded by BIFFA through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.

The immediate works include constructing a footpath, linking the lower part of the site to the top of the site, a new gate and some minor regrading. However, all this paves the way for new play equipment, which will be in place by Christmas.

The project has received much media focus during recent months. During the summer the Community Channel filmed at the centre; for a programme called Your Space or Mine which was recently broadcast on the 15th September. The programme featured Tommy Walsh from the BBC’s Ground Force programme, who was the link man on several projects featured in the programme. The centre was also featured earlier this year on GMTV as part of Groundworks’ overall bid to the Peoples Millions BIG Lottery programme.

There has been a group working on this for over a year and it is thanks to the hard work of this group that the funding has been achieved; in particular thanks are due to the City Councils’ Play Service and Parks Department together with everyone at the centre.

Children who use the centre now want to see some changes actually happen; they have waited some time to see this. Chryse Tinsley from Groundwork said; "It’s taken a while to get all the funding in place, but thanks to BIFFA and to the BIG lottery fund changes are happening."

The current works will cost just over £14,000; the complete project is worth over £100,000.

For more information, contact Chryse Tinsley at Groundwork Greater Nottingham on 0115 9788212.
 
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Background Information enclosed
Please note that all our projects involve people and communities and many have to be seen to be believed. They each have very different real life stories of transformation, they are very photogenic, and in order to continually improve our communities, we will be delighted to share more of these with you, including fielding interviews and making visits available to you

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

GGN has been established for 14 years

In a typical year we Groundwork Greater Nottingham works with communities to:-
· Develop and deliver at least 100 new projects
· Deliver over 4000 person days of youth activity
· Engage with over 200 local businesses
· Work in partnership with at least 80 schools
· Deliver 40 locally significant environmental improvement schemes
· Deliver 2 regionally significant conferences a year

We are currently working on 55 live projects

Nationally, Groundwork is one of the UK’s leading social and environmental partnership organisation’s, working with people, local authorities and businesses to promote economic and social regeneration by improving the local environment. Through it’s network of around 50 Independent Trust’s around the UK, from Tyneside to South Wales, Northern Ireland to Hackney, Groundwork uses the environment to improve their quality of life. Groundwork is an independent charity, which involves 60,000 adult volunteers and over 120,000 school children each year in local environmental projects. From small community schemes to major regional and national programmes, Groundwork’s local Trust’s work in partnership with local people, local authorities and businesses to promote sustainable developments in their local area.

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Groundwork Greater Nottingham
Denman Street East
Notingham
NG7 3GX

T: 0115 9788212
F: 0115 9787496
E: gn@groundwork.org.uk