katie_anna_mcconnell
May 2024
4.5
Fair Play Park
The brand new 'Maximum Accessibility' playground is a first-of-its-kind park, designed for (and BY) disabled people. It provides a place for people of all ages and abilities to play together, with extensive equipment including a wheelchair seesaw, swing, and roundabout. For some of these, you need a RADAR key, which is not advertised online or stated at the park. If you forget or don't have your own, you can ask at the reception for a spare, but only if it is open.
Scope Charity have provided research to show that, despite there being over 1 MILLION disabled children in the UK, half (49%) of parents in these families say there are accessibility issues at their local playground. This space directly addresses the challenges faced by the disability community and empowers disabled and non-disabled people of all ages to play together without exclusion or bias. Local residents with lived experience of these barriers, parents, and carers were all involved in shaping the project from the outset, putting the disability community at the heart of it all.
As the Mayor of the borough said so adequately, it's thanks to a wonderful team of fundraisers that made this possible, and lets hope this is a model that we can see more of in future!
The brand new 'Maximum Accessibility' playground is a first-of-its-kind park, designed for (and BY) disabled people. It provides a place for people of all ages and abilities to play together, with extensive equipment including a wheelchair seesaw, swing, and roundabout. For some of these, you need a RADAR key, which is not advertised online or stated at the park. If you forget or don't have your own, you can ask at the reception for a spare, but only if it is open.
Scope Charity have provided research to show that, despite there being over 1 MILLION disabled children in the UK, half (49%) of parents in these families say there are accessibility issues at their local playground. This space directly addresses the challenges faced by the disability community and empowers disabled and non-disabled people of all ages to play together without exclusion or bias. Local residents with lived experience of these barriers, parents, and carers were all involved in shaping the project from the outset, putting the disability community at the heart of it all.
As the Mayor of the borough said so adequately, it's thanks to a wonderful team of fundraisers that made this possible, and lets hope this is a model that we can see more of in future!
