A £100k new play park has been unveiled in Woodborough after several years of hard work and efforts by a dedicated group of volunteers.
Crowds gathered to watch the official opening of new park on The Governors’ Field by multi-gold-winning paralympian Richard Whitehead MBE.
Mark Spencer MP, Councillor Boyd Elliott and Councillor Helen Greensmith were also in attendance.
The completed park was the result of two years of hard work by Woodborough GREAT – an action group made up of volunteers from the local community with the aim of finding the funds to get the project off the ground.
The majority of the funding for the new play area came from WREN – a not-for-profit organisation that awards grants for community projects using funds donated by FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund.
Money was also contributed by Nottinghamshire County Council, Woodborough Parish Council and the Samuel Eden Trust.
The GREAT team also made some personal donations and money was also raised in the community at the village street market and a Christmas Quiz.
Anthony Scarborough, a member of the GREAT group hailed the day as a fantastic success.
He said: “We had over 300 visitors at the opening event and handed out over 200 goodie bags which were donated by HAGS – the park play equipment provider.”
