£50,000 Grant from the Big Lottery Fund for Pembury Play Projects

As readers will remember from previous editions of the News, Pembury Parish Council has been driving through the regeneration of the Lower Green Recreation Ground. The first phase was the new young children’s playground opened in 2007. The next phase is an older children’s area to be built in 2008. Tenders have just come back and the Council will meet shortly to consider them.

In late 2007, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council was bidding for a large grant from the Big Lottery Fund for play areas and invited parishes to submit proposals. Cllr June Crowhurst, Chair of Pembury Parish Council’s Amenities Working Group, and her team worked hard to put together a bid for Pembury based on specific local needs and firm plans to address those needs.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council was eventually awarded a total of £206,700 from the Big Lottery Fund to put towards four play projects in Rusthall, Pembury, and Langton Green, and a Play Roadshow that will tour the borough.

The good news is that Pembury Parish Council will receive £50,000 to part-fund the new youth area at Pembury Lower Green Recreation Ground.

A beaming Cllr June Crowhurst said: "We are delighted with the grant as it will mean Pembury children and young people will benefit from new play opportunities. We are pleased that The Big Lottery Fund recognized the need for such facilities in this area and would like to thank them and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for their support."

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