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Funding success

By pitsmoor Posted on November 1, 2015 Posted in News

We are delighted to announce the success of our funding bid to BBC Children in Need, who have awarded a grant of over £111,000 to the playground.  The grant will fund the salaries of our playworkers and sessional staff for …

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Honouring volunteers past and present

By pitsmoor Posted on October 8, 2015 Posted in News

We are delighted to have received a £1000 donation from local resident Mandy Boyce this week, in memory of her father Brian Giblin, who was involved in building some of the original equipment on the playground.  Mandy’s brother Peter and …

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What a day!

By pitsmoor Posted on August 5, 2015 Posted in News

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Tour de Pitsmoor

By pitsmoor Posted on June 29, 2015 Posted in News

The younger children had a fantastic time on Saturday 27th June celebrating the legacy of the Tour de France and Tour de Yorkshire with their own Tour de Pitsmoor! Medals and certificates were awarded to the winners of a series …

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Pitsmoor dinosaur

By pitsmoor Posted on June 11, 2015 Posted in News

What a brilliant day we had for the Big Lunch on 6th June!  About 200 people joined us for a barbecue in the sunshine.  The children helped local artist Patrick Amber design cladding for the zip wire platform, which will …

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Family fun days coming soon

By pitsmoor Posted on June 11, 2015 Posted in News, What's on

We’re delighted that you gave us enough votes to get an Aviva Community Fund award of £1000 for four family fun days in 2015 – thanks so much to everyone who voted for us!  Our first family fun day will …

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Vote for family fun days

By pitsmoor Posted on April 30, 2015 Posted in News

We’ve entered our family fun days project into Aviva’s Community Fund awards – please vote for us to get £1000 from Aviva to put on family fun days in 2015! Vote for our project at https://community-fund.aviva.co.uk/voting/Project/View/3264 – you will need …

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Award winning visitor

By pitsmoor Posted on April 30, 2015 Posted in News

Children at the playground had a day to remember this St George’s Day when folk singer Nancy Kerr dropped in to play with her children, just 18 hours after winning the BBC Folk Musician of the Year award.  Nancy‘s children …

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Big slide appeal hits target

By pitsmoor Posted on March 9, 2015 Posted in News

Staff and children at the playground were overwhelmed today when national anti-knife campaigner Teresa Cave dropped in and presented us with £1000.  Teresa said, “I have never witnessed a playground work as well as this one at Pitsmoor. It was …

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