In order to give us the best possible chance of being awarded these funds, we would like to hear your views to help shape our PlayZone funding application.
Please visit https://forms.office.com/e/11ZcA0vyEv to complete a short survey.
Please submit your response by 28 August 2024.
Your feedback will help us to understand community aspirations to help shape the PlayZone funding application and inform future service improvements.
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Castle Point Borough Council is bidding for funding through the Football Foundation PlayZone programme(External link) to refurbish or install new Multi-Use Games areas (MUGAs) at King George V Playing Fields and Waterside Farm Leisure Centre, Canvey Island.
This is an exciting project looking at installing MUGAs into PlayZone facilities. The Football Foundation aims to deliver 330 PlayZones nationally by 2025 by investing in communities with the greatest need, phased in over the next three years. The PlayZones in Canvey Island will provide access for residents to a variety of new activities that respond to community need.
PlayZones will be accessible to all communities. They will play an important role in helping to tackle inequalities in physical activity and will also help create opportunities for those from ethnically diverse communities, people from lower socio-economic groups, women and girls, and those with underlying health conditions to access and connect to sports they enjoy.
A PlayZone aims to deliver a safe, inclusive, and welcoming space for all. It is an outdoor space that is usually the size of one or two tennis courts or a five-a-side kick around area, which can be used for a range of sports and activities such as basketball, cricket, football, netball, and tennis.
- floodlit to enable year-round use for the community
- delivered with high-quality surfacing such as 3G, polymeric; the surface type will depend on the activities chosen
- can have three types of use: free to use, session-led and programmable by the community
- provided with associated line markings and equipment for the activities chosen
- subject to regular maintenance to retain the quality of the playing surface
- provided with accessible information on how to use the PlayZone site
- designed and operated based on feedback from the community
We have identified two potential PlayZone sites the back of Waterside Farm Leisure Centre (the old tennis courts) and King George V Playing Field, Canvey Island.
Waterside Farm Leisure Centre (old tennis courts)
King George V Playing Field
Community consultation is essential for the PlayZones funding bid. We need to show that the community want the site to be upgraded to be granted the funding to do so.
We are currently undertaking a consultation with the Canvey community.
Next Steps:
Castle Point Borough Council will submit a funding application to the Football Foundation for the sites. The outcome of the application is expected by end 2024.
If you have a comment or a question, please email leisure@castlepoint.gov.uk
Would you like to see a new PlayZone in Castle Point? We need your support!
Your responses will be anonymous, and your participation is voluntary, all views will be collated and used to inform the final funding bid. Responding to the survey indicates you are consenting to take part and join the mailing list for future updates on the progress of the PlayZone funding bid.
For any questions, or for more information please email: leisure@castlepoint.gov.uk