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 Bourne
Valley Park Fun Day
Wednesday,
5th
April 2006
11am
- 4pm
The first ever Fun Day at the new
park was a huge success! The beautiful weather
helped, of course - and the fact that everything was
free of charge.
We
heard lots of good feedback from people attending, and plenty
of thanks from the children who threw themselves
enthusiastically into all the activities on offer
including sports coaching, environmental art projects and circus
skills.
The climbing wall (right),
bouncy castles and face painting were
especially popular, with queues all day and our face painter Ronnie
working on the last one as the marquee was dismantled around her!
Kate
& the team would like to thank everyone involved for
helping to make it a fantastically busy, safe and entertaining
event:
All
the residents & friends who helped promote the event.
Lynx
Marquees for the great deal they gave us on the marquee,
tables & chairs, and the organisations that helped pay
for it - the Bourne Stream Partnership, the Children's Fund, Rossmore Community College and
the Poole Safe Together Partnership.
Climb
Vertigo
for the climbing wall, and Borough of Poole
Recreation Development team for funding it.
 Community
Sports Coaches Dan Jones and
Dave Horne from Active
Dorset.
Jonathan the
Jester
for his circus skills workshops and all round entertainment.
Nikila
Newman and her dancers for the street dancing entertainment,
and Bernard
Ewart for supplying the sound system.
Our
face painter Ronnie from Diamond Faces.
Environmental
Artist Linn O'Carroll -
for her creative work with the young people, funded by Poole's
Arts Development unit.
The
Urban Heaths
Partnership for providing
educational entertainment.
The Children's
Fund for the bouncy castles and ball pit.
Sembcorp Bournemouth Water for the free bottled water we
were able to hand out all day.
 Bannerama
for good value banners produced in record time!
The
Community Police Support Officers for helping with
supervision.
Dorset
Fire Service for paying us a visit with their tender.
The
rest of Poole's Open Spaces Ranger team for all their help throughout
the day.
Mural
Painting
-
a triptych was
made by young people over the course of the day and the
finished work will be displayed at the Bourne Valley Youth
Club.
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Urban
Heaths Partnership Trailer |
Environmental
art & sculpture with Linn O'Carroll |
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Jonathan
the Jester taught circus skills |
Nikila
Newman and some of her dancers |
|
Football
with the Active Dorset Community Coaches |
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The
triptych painted over the course of the day
(L-R: what children like, what they aspire to, and what
they dislike about where they live) |
The
Fun Day team:
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Kate Mitchell, Bourne Valley Ranger
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Sarah Austin, Bourne Stream Partnership
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Marianne
Scahill, Poole Arts in the Community Officer
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Sarah
Evans-Johnson, Bourne Valley Youth Club
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Victoria Bailey
& Richard Woodrow, Poole's Recreation Development
Team
-
Jo Brightwell, Alderney's Community Liaison
Officer.
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