August Chair Letter: Children And Young People In The Parish
Dear Parishioners of Bubwith, Breighton and Willitoft
This month I would like to focus your attention on children and young people in the parish, particularly as two separate events involving our young parishioners are converging.
The first is that the Parish Council has received planning consent for a new playground on Bubwith Playing Fields. I’ll shortly be displaying the plans for the playground on noticeboards in the village and at the leisure centre so you can see what’s in store. We are seeking grant funding but will need to raise over £130K and welcome any local support, both money and letters of support are welcome.
The second being that many of our young people are getting involved in voluntary work and fundraising this summer. A young person working towards the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award will be undertaking 3 months of voluntary litter picking in the patch and a number of children are also participating in the ‘Lifestyle Project’. For those uninitiated, this annual programme is run by the Humberside Police Force. It is a youth engagement project where young people aged 10 – 18 register in teams to spend their summer holidays completing a project to benefit their community and competing for a prize.
I am aware of two teams but there may be more.
The ‘Bubwith Beasts’ are a group of four 10-year-olds who have teamed up to tidy up the current Leisure Centre playground and raise money for the highly anticipated new playground. Look out for them as they litter pick, mow and paint their way through the summer down at the Leisure Centre. If you would like to donate to the new playground and reward the ‘Bubwith Beasts’ hard work you can do so by visiting the Leisure Centre or Parish Council website Go Fund Me page https://gofund.me/f4196fe3
The ‘Lifestyles Lunatics’ are four 10-year-olds who are raising money for the Leisure Centre and Primary School. You may see them around the village and the school doing various jobs such as litter picking, tidying and general duties (they’ll be wearing Lifestyle T-Shirts). You may even have a chance to taste one of their lovely cakes on their cake stalls. They too have a Go Fund Me link to donate: https://gofund.me/8eb9130b See Parish Council or Leisure Centre websites.
Your support is most welcome whether it be praise or money by offering the teams some jobs. If you fancy offering your own time to volunteer on community projects please do get in touch, there are always opportunities within the village to get involved.
Finally, I wish all teachers, parents, grandparents and children a lovely break for the summer. I’ve put in a request for dry warm weather so fingers crossed.
Best wishes. Sandra Hills, Chair of Bubwith Parish Council
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