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When ‘Pride in YOUR Parks’ was launched the
key word for all the agencies involved was ‘partnership’.
Nowhere has the emphasis on partnership been more successful than at
Norley Hall, where local residents and councillors have teamed up with
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust’s Play Team to re-open the Adventure
Playground for the summer holidays. The playground had been a victim of
regular vandalism over the last six months.
Norley Hall Adventure Playground is an open access adventure play
facility open for children aged up to fifteen. The playground is a
valuable space for children to play and to help develop their social,
physical and creative skills. Parents and carers support a team of play
workers to deliver play activities and ensure that the play equipment is
being used correctly.
Phil Blackwell, Senior Play Officer, for Wigan Leisure and Culture
Trust, said: “We teamed up with the local community to make sure the
facility was up and running for the summer break. The hard work has
reaped very positive results so far - over 200 children turned up to
play during the first week of the holidays. We have been encouraged that
the site has been trouble free since the re-opening and we are working
closely with the police, councillors and the local community to try and
ensure it stays that way.
“We hope that the message is now getting out to the local community that
this is a facility for them and it is theirs to use and to respect. We
would like to thank local councillors who have played a vital role in
helping us to make the site fit for purpose and also to get the message
out that Norley Hall Adventure Playground is a place to cherish.”
Norley Hall Adventure Playground re-opened on Monday 16th July with 50
children attending plays sessions on the first day. The playground will
remain open for the summer holidays every weekday from 1.00 - 4.30pm.
Any child under five must be accompanied by an adult. For further
details contact the Play Team on 01942 886780, or visit
www.wlct.org/play.
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NOTES TO EDITORS: For further information on this press release please
contact Chris Dunbar, Media and Public Relations Manager, on 01942
486937 or at
c.dunbar@wlct.org.
Photographs: The attached images show children enjoying the re-opened
Norley Hall Adventure Playground with Rachel Topping (Play Worker) and
Phil Blackwell (Senior Play Officer). The children are from left to
right: Thomas Birch, Callum Wood, Ethan Lee, Chelsea Lee (in pink) and
Bradley Marshall. On the zip wire swing are Dawn Cottom and Megan Lloyd.
Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust: Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust is a
charitable trust working on behalf of Wigan Council to manage and
support leisure and cultural facilities, initiatives and events for over
300,000 residents in the Wigan Borough. See
www.wlct.org.
Getting Wigan Active: Getting Wigan Active is Wigan Leisure and Culture
Trust’s vision to help people across the Wigan Borough to become more
physically, mentally and creatively active. It also aims to increase
community activity and to encourage good citizenship.
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