A fenced off football area and new play equipment are among the items a total of £15,000 will go towards in Sutton Bridge at the culmination of a police project.
A community group is set to put on drama performances and the Curlew Centre will have its CCTV improved as part of the Mutual Gain initiative being run by Lincolnshire Police in the town.
For the last few months ‘World Cafes’ have been taking place in the town where the community was encouraged to share their experiences and insights into issues relating to community safety.
Groups were then asked to come up with projects that could help some of the issues brought up and members at the most recent cafe voted how it should be spent.
For South Holland, Project Play was donated £10,000 to ‘Project Play’ which is looking to improve equipment at Princes Street Park.
It’s been set up by a group of mums in the area.
The group’s Gemma Ross said: “We will be asking the local children for their opinions as well as the parents but we hope to provide equipment for all ages and abilities. We also hope to have a fenced off football area.
“The area is a very large space and there’s plenty of room for many apparatus.
“We’re are in the process of setting up a committee and then a constitution and just awaiting confirmation that we can go ahead from South Holland District Council.”
Sutton Bridge Players have been donated £4,000 to put on drama performances and the Curlew Centre £1,000 to improve its CCTV coverage.
Inspector Nick Waters of the South Holland Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “It’s good to see 18 months of hard work come to fruition.
“The time and effort put into the applications and presentations at the participatory budgeting event was outstanding.
“Everybody looks forward to seeing how the projects develop over the next 12 months and the benefits they bring to the Sutton Bridge community.”
South Holland District councillor Christopher Brewis said: “I thought it was absolutely first class – to get people to do their presentations on the day was great and special.
“It was a very, very positive day.
“I was so pleased to see so many young people and it shows that different people coming from different groups can work together.
“It was very positive and has built some bridges and knocked down some barriers.”
