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Exciting Plans for a New Village Playground!

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We’re thrilled to share the schematic drawing of the proposed new playground on the playing field, designed with the heart of our community in mind. The project, led by The Little People—a dedicated group of parents and grandparents—was developed after consulting with local children and parents to ensure the playground reflects the needs and wishes of the village.

The design, which comes at a cost of £100,000, has been sent out to tender, and a contractor has been chosen. To help fund this project, Bubwith Parish Council, in collaboration with the Bubwith Leisure and Sports Centre committee, has submitted a grant application. This is truly a village-wide effort, with everyone pitching in to make it happen.

We’re all keeping our fingers crossed for a positive outcome, and we hope to hear about the grant approval before Christmas. Stay tuned for updates, and thank you to everyone who has been involved so far!

Let’s make this dream playground a reality for our village children! 🌈

August Chair Letter: Children And Young People In The Parish

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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  

Email: Mob : 07748965779

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