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Playscape News – September 2019 Newsletter

SUPPORT PLAYSCAPE BY SUPPORTING THE FUN RUN! Sunday 15th September, 10.30am, Great Shelford Rec Elite runners, fun runners, families, walkers, we need you! Come and enjoy a satisfying 5km run on closed roads through the beautiful Shelford Villages. Thanks to our amazing sponsors all proceeds from the registration fees go straight to funding an inspiring…

Playscape News – August 2019 Newsletter

Can you help us? When we set up Great Shelford Playscape our aims were to consult with the local community, commission an inspiring design and raise funds to realise this vision. It’s become apparent, however, that this is more than a capital project and that there is another vital role we can play in the…

Playscape News – July 2019 Newsletter

Come and Run for Playscape Our pop up café and meeting point for runners (on Fridays between 4 and 5pm at the Pavilion) has been a good excuse for a chat (and cake!) and an inspiration for keen ones to run round the rec. Impressively, many of the kids run at least 5k each week…

Playscape News – June 2019 Newsletter

SHELFORD FUN RUN – REGISTRATION IS OPEN! The fabulous Shelford Fun Run is returning on Sunday 15th September in aid of Great Shelford Playscape. This is a wonderful chance to run (or walk!) through the beautiful Shelford Villages on closed roads. With chip timing and a staggered start this year (over 11s first, fun runners…

Playscape News – May 2019 Newsletter

Playscape: Shelter Competition Winner(s)! We are delighted to announce the winning design of the Shelter Competition. There were so many good ideas that in the end we decided to combine three entries. So congratulations to our joint winners: Elliot Morrison (5 years old) & Anja Evans (a local mum), who both had the idea to…

MEN DIG HOLES TO HELP US

Guest blog post by Duncan Grey The roads are being dug up again, there are temporary traffic lights around the village and now the car park is closed for more digging. What’s going on? Irritating as it is, this is work that will benefit us all. And as grandma used to say, “You can’t make…

Playscape News – April 2019 Newsletter

Breaking Ground for Playscape Satisfying progress was made for the Playscape project last month when the PC got the crucial Feast Services underway. This great step forward was, however, rather dampened by the discovery of extensive asbestos in the ground and the accompanying costs of dealing with it. You can read more fully about the…

Playscape News – February 2019 Newsletter

Playscape: FAQs Want to know what the team’s currently doing or what we mean by “inclusive”? Or how about what we think it’s all going to cost? Thought you might… Well we’ve put together a new FAQs page to keep you informed and in the know. Have a read and let us know what you…

Playscape News – January 2019 Newsletter

Playscape: Happy New Year! Thank you for all of your support in 2018. It was great to see so many of you at the Lights Switch on too, although we will definitely be buying A LOT more wine next year – sorry to those at the back of the queue when we sold out! Wonderfully…

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