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A sparkling new play play area deserves sparkling new ideas.

And that is what is happening  in Petteril Bank, Carlisle where a start on a new play area is being made this  week in Dale End Park.

The sparkling new ideas for the play area are coming from  the children who will play there. They are pupils of nearby Petteril Bank School who  have made these posters.

The posters are to be displayed on stakes in the park to help keep it free of dog muck by encouraging dog owners to use the refuse bins.

The message on the posters is :”Good  owners do- bad owners don`t!”

 

The children`s poster idea came from Jenny Cray, a leading  Carlisle campaigner for clean parks and clean streets.

Jenny is also a leading light in the Petteril Bank group, Carlisle South Community Association which has  played a big part in organising and promoting  the play area scheme.

Jenny   worked on the posters idea with the Petteril Bank School head teacher and her staff. The children did the rest....eyes down, with pencils, pens  and crayons.

 

Jenny is delighted with the  posters( the best six are displayed here).

She said;”We have had wonderful help from the staff and  pupils- they have done a great job. The posters will go a long way to keeping the park  tip top. No one likes to play in a dirty area”.

Also delighted with the posters is Jonathan May, Site Management Team Leader of Carlisle City Council Green Spaces Department who put the nuts and bolts  of  the play area  scheme together.

 

Jonathan said: “We at the city council are  very pleased that the Petteril Bank School pupils are now  directly involved with the play area. 

"As they use the equipment on the area, they will see their own posters on display

 “Hopefully, the posters will be a constant  reminder to the children of their stake in Dale End Park and 

how they have helped to make it a better place to play in."

 

The scheme has cost  more than £70,000. Most of the money (£60,000) came from community investment by Aldi Supermarkets as part of the 106 agreement for their new Petteril Bank store.

 Local county councillor Deborah Earl contributed £500, Cumbria Waste Management, £15,000 and Cumbria County Council Community Fund, £500.




Community Voice Carlisle is the blog of Carlisle Tenants` and Residents` Federation. Information about the Federation is available on the first post of this blog dated March 25 2015