Press Release

Wednesday 24 July 2013

Fareham Park residents enjoy community fun and voting day

Over 500 people turned out for a great day in the sun at the Fareham Park Fun Day on Saturday, with more than 300 local people voting for their favourite projects, aimed at improving the Fareham Park area.

A bouncy castle, fair-ground rides, face-painting, reptiles, activities for young people, dancing and martial art, Choi Kwang Do were just a few of the fun activities on offer. Many of the organisations that applied to the Fareham Park Purse Grant also hosted their own stalls to help people decide which projects should receive some of the £17,500 made available to local groups.

The winning projects as voted for by local people include:

Life Education Wessex: £335 to deliver healthy choices school workshops (including drug and alcohol awareness) at St Columba Academy.
Oak Meadow Children's Centre: £2070 for the Jungle Buddies Play Bus to provide two year's outreach service through accessible play in the Fareham Park area.
Oak Meadow Children's Centre: £2500 for two years of outdoor play sessions with play workers in the area directly surrounding Oak Meadow Children's Centre.
Fareham North West Community Centre & Henry Cort Community College: £500 will pay for start-up costs for a history project bringing older and younger people together to plan a local history story book.
Military Mentors: £1500 will pay for a six week taster session for young people in Fareham Park with a military training focus, including fitness and discipline, group work and personal development.
Y Services for Young People: £2500 will help pay for to deliver 'Fareham Park Footie' a street-based young persons' football project.
Y Services for Young People: £2500 for setting up and running an open access youth club in Fareham Park delivered by professional youth workers and volunteers.
Express FM: £2000 to deliver radio workshops, create audio CVs and podcasts for people living in Fareham Park who are not in employment, education or training.
South Coast CKD: £2500 to go towards an after school project that will teach primary school children stranger danger, self-defence and self-discipline through martial arts workshops.

Executive Member for Leisure and Community Councillor Connie Hockley said: "We received some fantastic applications for this funding – and I'm delighted that residents have now chosen which ones they want to see happen. We wanted to give people the ability to decide for themselves what would make a difference to the Fareham Park area. I can't wait to see these projects come to fruition in the next few months."

The Fareham Park Purse was funded through the 'Have your Say' grant, made available by Hampshire County Council to allow local communities to have more say on how public money is spent.

ENDS

Editor's notes

For Further Information Contact:

Jacey Jarman, PR and Marketing Support Officer, tel: 01329 824518

fax: 01329 824505, e-mail: publicity@fareham.gov.uk

This and previous media releases can be viewed on the Council's website: www.fareham.gov.uk/pressreleases

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