Play in St George Park is a community-led project to redevelop the play area within Bristol’s St George Park. Much of the existing play equipment is tired and nearing the end of its natural life. There is no equipment for older children, no separation of equipment for different ages and not enough space or equipment for the growing local population. Our vision is to save the play area, remove the
existing end of life equipment and install new, play equipment suitable for a wider age range and abilities of children. We have engaged with the community to ascertain needs, secure support and create community-led design. We need to raise £250k or more to deliver our full vision for the play area which we will raise through donations from the public and local business, charity funding applications and Bristol City Council funding. Throughout Summer 2022 we'll be holding some local feedback events to discuss plans (dates TBC). Please get involved and let us know what your family would like to see! If you'd like to help us please spread the word about the project! Like and follow this page, post your ideas or comments about the play park on this FB page, complete the survey and consider contributing to our future crowdfund or fundraising events! If you would like to volunteer with us and can contribute any time at all, please email: [email protected]
For any issues with the current play area please report these directly to BristolCC: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/museums-parks-sports-culture/report-problem-in-park
Frequently Asked Questions:
Why can’t the Council replace all the play equipment? We were as shocked as you when we set up this team only to find out that the council isn’t able to pay for improvements to our parks. We did a Facebook poll, a while back, asking if people thought park funding was the council’s responsibility. 100% thought it was the council who should fund park improvements. Having said this, there are funding streams available through the Council, but these require bids to be put together. One of the main funding streams for parks is the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which is funded from local development and administered by the Council for improvements to local infrastructure. Each year, a pot of CIL is available and is allocated by a committee of councillors to community projects, following funding applications. How have other parks got their equipment replaced? With regards to the other parks and how they have renewed their equipment, we are sure you will appreciate we can’t comment too much on this due to a lack of involvement in those parks. Having said that, we have looked at the other parks you mention and attended funding meetings with the council where these have been discussed. Other parks such as St Andrews and Eastville have all been successful in bidding for CIL funding and local donations.
