Play in St George Park

The John Deasy Play Area in St George Park is aged and worn, with equipment already removed that could not be repaired any longer. This much-loved facility is used routinely by the community of BS5, but the few items available to play on means lots of families often need to queue to use them, especially the slide and swings! There’s currently no equipment for children aged 7 -14yrs and so the area stops being used by those families as your child grows past the age of 6yrs. There’s also poor surfacing and poor accessible equipment, further restricting its use.

Bristol City Council maintains the play area but is not able to replace play equipment that are deemed to be ‘end-of-life’ such as these. The investment needed to pay for all the work must be fundraised by the local community!

We have raised £130,000 so far and have achieved the first phase of the project. This has included removing the old crumbling equipment, the ground works for the entire play area and purchasing and installing 7 new pieces of equipment. We need to keep going to raise money for older kids equipment such as a large climbing frame and a 5 way swing set as an example.

The Big Plan

In total, we need to raise £257,000 to renew the existing equipment and surfacing and add additional equipment to accommodate all abilities and ages at the John Deasy Play Area in St George Park. To do this we have broken this down into two parts to make it easier to achieve.

• Part One: £130,000 of funding to renew the area, hopefully achieved by 2023 with work competed end of 2024.
• Part Two: £127,000 of additional funding to finish the area, achieved by 2025/2026.

Help us to do this:

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Laps for Laughs Sponsorship Form

A sponsored walk around St George Park to raise money for the new playground.

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