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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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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 …

Honouring volunteers past and present Read more »

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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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 …

Pitsmoor dinosaur Read more »

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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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 …

Award winning visitor Read more »

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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