Play Area

What is it all about?

The village play area, or community space as we refer to it now, is in need of refurbishment. The parish coucil has formed a sub-committee to run a project that will consult with the village, raise the funds, select a supplier, agree a design and commission the works.

The committee consists of Mr David Barton, Mrs Romy Barton, Mr Mike Fountain, Mr David Maslan, Mr Richard Blackmore, Mrs Laura Cheney and Mr Chris Legg.

Our aim to provide a space that as much as possible is fun and interesting to all that use it. With this in mind we want to provide play equipment for toddlers to teens. We have also been asked to provide some sports facilities in the form of a basketball hoop by young people in the village. As we are looking to provide a facility that is for the whole community to use, we are concidering putting in a Boules rink and would welcome comments on this.

Initial consultations with suppliers indicate a total cost of the project is between £40,000 and £60,000, dependant on the final design chosen, and how much work can be undertaken by the village to offset costs.

We are aided in the project by Dorset Community Action advisors, Brian Evans-Johnson and Kris Hallett. They are advising us on fund raising, finding suppliers and design. Brian, attended our open day and canvassed ideas and plans from all those who attended. He then produced a design specification for us, which has been sent to a number of potential suppliers to enable them to send us a first pass design and quote.

updates

Thank you to all who supported our Moviola nights this winter. We raised a total of £75.81 for the Community Space Fund.

We have also received funding from West Dorset District Council Leisure Development Fund to the sum of £5,000.00. This takes our total to about £20,000.00. We hope to start some of the work by the summer.

Once again thank you for your support.

A Big Thank You to all our helpers at the bonfire night. We raised the sum of £205.50.

The raffle in association with the Dorchester Round table has taken £65.00 so far. (If anyone would like tickets we still have a few left - contact details below. Remember there is a £500 1st prize, just in time for Christmas). We hope you all enjoyed the evening and hope to be able to do it again next year. A special thank you to Magna Housing Association for the use of the playing field as our venue, to John Morris and Alastair Cooper for the loan of the bales, and also to Mr. & Mrs. Tucker for the use of their electricity.

Our next event will be Moviola at the Village Hall on Saturday 2nd February 2008 and another on the 1st March 2008. Look out for posters in the villages for more details nearer the time or contact Romy Barton for more information.

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU for the anonymous donation of £3,000.00. This is a huge boost to our fundraising efforts.

The Moviola raised the princely sum of £75.81, but was very well supported by the villagers.

We have received a donation of £5000.00 from WDDC leisure development fund.

As of April 2008 we have a total of £19600.00 in "the pot"

review designs received so far

As we receive designs from potential suppliers, they will be posted here for everyone to review and comment. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger image and send us you thoughts on each design using the contact form below.

Design 1	Design 2	Design 3	Design 4	Design 5
				5-A
				5-B
T for 2 swing Robin Hood Hideout Goal & Basketball Zip Wire	Climbing Frame Saucer Swing Zip Wire Goal & Basketball	Climbing Frame Sunray Pergola Springies Basketball	Aerospeed Climbing Frame Pod Swing Gyro Spiral Speed Gyro	Alien Cablerider Freeride Vortex Swing

Would you like to help or know more?

If you would like more information, want to comment on the designs, or to be involved in any way with the project please contact any of the committee or send a message using the form below.

Play Area Contact Form
Your Email Address:
Your Name:
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	If you prefer you can email your comments to mail@sydlingstnicholas.ork.uk however using this form will ensure a quicker response.

Sydling St Nicholas Play Area balloon race

List of reurned Balloons

Romy, David & David having fun at the fete

Name	Ticket	Distance
V Fountain	125	115 miles
V Brodie	81	213 miles
Mrs collins	92	205 miles
Cloe Lawrence	61	161 miles
T Cunningham	51	88 miles
Jon Absalom	white 7	98 miles
Sam Shears	18	148 miles
Charlie	White 11	97 miles