Britvic - Transform Your Patch in South Yorkshire

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15 Jun 2012

 The current Grammar Street site - badly in need of some T.L.C.

Britvic - ‘Transform Your Patch’ will focus on transforming spaces in four outdoor project types for everyone to enjoy; playgrounds, picnic areas and parks, skate parks and 5 a side football pitches. Every single soft drink purchased of any of the participating brands represents a real 1cm² piece of land that will be transformed. It’s a simple way for people across the UK to contribute to a long-lasting legacy on their patch.

Groundwork has identified around 165 exciting projects of various sizes to be transformed across 12 regions in the UK, ensuring that a variety of projects and a range of regions benefit from the ‘Transform Your Patch’ campaign.  Please follow this link to see the Transform Your Patch broadcast advert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88RUkQDTxWU

Britvic, PepsiCo and Groundwork are also calling for consumers to get involved in the campaign by voting on www.transformyourpatch.com, as one project in each region will win additional funding to receive a ‘super-sized’ level of transformation on top of the planned investment.

In South Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire, five of our local projects are set to benefit from a cash injection through ‘Transform Your Patch’:

• Chislet Youth Club 5-a-side pitch, Kimberworth Park - to create a 5-a-side pitch by refurbishing an existing sports area
• Barkers Park, Kimberworth Park - to upgrade the site’s goal posts
• Coronation Park, Maltby - to pay for new play equipment to transform the tired playground
• Market Hill Courtyard, Scunthorpe - to help create a space for small children to play close to their homes
• Grammar Street, Sheffield - to support the site’s transformation into a multi-functional play area. This project is up for the public vote, and if successful, the additional funding will pay for a bespoke play structure, including a large slide and tree top platforms.

Don’t forget to cast your vote for Grammar Street online at http://www.transformyourpatch.com/vote?filter=yorkshire-and-humberside

All you need to do is click on the Grammar Street vote button, choose to login through Facebook or use your email address to register, enter your details and submit.  It's very easy to follow, takes about a minute from start to finish; but will make a huge difference to the project.  Thanks for your support.

Grammar Street Update - The Grammar Street play area project in Walkley, Sheffield continues to progress and an initial design for the facility has now been developed by the Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham.  The project is being progressed by the Wildlife Trust as part of their Living with Nature initiative, which is a three year programme focussing on improvements to sites on Sheffield Homes land, which are all currently identified as Play Areas (although many have had old equipment removed in recent years).  More information of the Living with Nature project can be found at http://www.wildsheffield.com/what-we-do/projects/living-with-nature. 

To view the designs please visit the following links:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/39959565/LWN%20sheets/Grammar%20St%20Concept%20Rev%20A.pdf

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/39959565/LWN%20sheets/Grammar%20Street%20supporting%20Images%201.pdf

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/39959565/LWN%20sheets/Grammar%20Street%20%20SUPPORTING%20IMAGES%202%20v2.pdf