Connaught Park Play Area - Your Views Sought

Exciting ideas are being sought for an innovative, creative and challenging new play area for Connaught Park in Dover - and a special consultation event is being held at the play area in the park on Wednesday 10 June from 3.30pm-5pm to hear your views.

Following Dover District Council's successful application for funding from the Children's Plan Playbuilder programme, a series of consultation events starts this week to find out exactly what local people want to see at the popular play area. This includes a range of consultations with local schools and organisations representing disabled young people, in addition to a wider community consultation event at the park on 10 June.

Consultation is being carried out by the Kent Children's Fund Network on behalf of Dover District Council and funded by the Children's Plan Playbuilder programme. The new play areas will be funded by DDC and the Children's Plan Playbuilder programme.

Further consultation is planned for September/October to feedback design proposals.

A new-look play area is due to be completed by early spring 2010. This follows the launch of innovative new play areas at Pencester Gardens and Marke Wood in Walmer. The refurbishment of this strategic play area is in keeping with the Dover District Play Strategy and DDC's commitment to develop strategic play areas across the district.

For more information, contact Laura Corby at DDC on 01304 872448 or the Kent Children's Fund Network on 01303 249800.