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£100k for Oxley Park
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The Friends of Oxley Park group are excited to announce that Oxley Park has been awarded £100,000 in public health funding which will go towards a regeneration project to improve recreational facilities at the park. The group’s focus will be to provide a new children’s play facility and create a bespoke all wheel’s area to replace the existing Skatepark. The project is in its early stages but has been assigned project co-ordinators by Sheffield City Council, and have projected a start time as early as spring 2021, subject to community consultations.
Friends of Oxley Parks committee, alongside Steel Valley Projects, Tom Newman and the assigned project co-ordinators from Sheffield City Council.
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President of FOP, Victoria Faulkner has said “The group was formed less than 12 months ago and has been instrumental in securing the £100k, which the park desperately needs to bring it anywhere close to the standard of other parks in Sheffield. We are extremely grateful for the support we have received from a diverse selection of the community. Also, without the efforts of other community figures such as Tom Newman from the Steel Valley Project and Labour Councillor Julie Grocutt, the group would have never gained the momentum it has in such as short space of time.” The group still need to raise a tremendous amount of funds to deliver the quality fa-
cilities it hopes for, so the group are calling on the community to help raise funds. By searching Oxley Park Regeneration Project Fundraiser on the Go Fund Me Website you can donate as little as £5 towards the regeneration project. Lindsey Hible the groups secretary says “I moved to the area over 10 years ago and I love the community feel, the people and it’s been great to see the development of Fox Valley which has brought a new buzz to the area. What we need now is something where adults and children can get active, have fun, socialise and be outdoors. The parks location next to the leisure centre makes it perfect to create an area of the town which provides facilities continued on page 9...
