Friends of Montgomery Play Park

Working for a brand new play park for Montgomery

About us

The current play provision in Montgomery is outdated with some elements being over 40 years old; it has limited equipment, capacity and variety. Community consultation showed that there is a real need for a new facility; in a survey with 117 responses 91% said that the current park needed improvement and 75% stated that the equipment was not considered adequate.

Friends of Montgomery Play Park is a constituted, volunteer, community group that has a team of local people, working hard to try and source funding. The funding will support a new, bespoke and imaginative play park at one end of a recreational field, near the town centre in Montgomery for the benefit of local families.

The proposed scheme offers significantly enhanced physical play opportunities with a responsible and positive approach in managing risk whilst being inclusive to all abilities and ages - from toddlers to teenagers.

The proposed park will comprise: earthworks and wooden structures such as towers, huts, log tangles, rope nets and stilts to facilitate exciting, social and dynamic play opportunities alongside, slides, a zip wire and swings (including a cantilever basket swing). The play park proposal has been quoted to cost approximately £140,000; we have applied to the National Lottery for the majority of the costs and have also identified some other funding opportunities which we are working on. However we are still relying on community fundraising to be able to afford all of the exciting pieces of equipment in the proposal such as the trebuchet basket swing (£9,500).

We welcome the involvement and support from the local community and every penny raised will help us make a big difference to play facilities in the community.

Thank you for your kind donation!

Volunteers needed

We need more people to get involved with the project to help with fundraising opportunities, be this from baking for a coffee morning or organising an event - we would love to hear from you if you can offer any support.

What your gift could provide

£25

40 donations at this amount would provide numerous accessible picnic and traditional benches.

£50

80 donations of this amount would pay for a new set of swings.

£100

95 donations of this amount would cover the inclusive play trebuchet basket swing.

Fundraise for us!