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It’s been a long time coming but at last the new skate park in Hollingdean Park, Lynchet Close, is happening! The contract has been awarded to Bendcrete.
Last week some of the skaters met with them to approve final changes, although there is very little change from the original design.
Bendcrete will liaise with the skaters throughout the build which starts on 8th May. It is expected to take approximately 6 weeks to build. The official opening will be at T in the Park on Sunday 1st July – so get the date in your diary.
Brighton & Hove is celebrating as the city council’s bid for a £2.2 million Lottery grant to restore The Level has been granted. The money comes from the Funds’ joint Parks for People scheme. More information on the council’s website.
As part of the overall restoration of The Level, Freestyle Skateparks have been appointed to design and build the new skatepark and work will now start on the design. Skaters and local residents will have an opportunity to feed into the process.
Once a design has been developed, the project team will work with the Brighton & Hove Skateparks Association to prepare funding bid applications to raise the additional funding required to build the skatepark. More details about the timescales and the consultation and engagement process for The Level Skatepark will follow shortly.
Sunday 10th July 11.00am to 4.00pm
This year’s festival promises to be a great one – we have again teamed up with Active for Life and TAKEPART Local who have a whole host of new activities lined up including: Read the rest of this entry »
The new skate park for Hollingdean is nearly here! Hollingdean Development Trust (HDT) is hosting an exhibition at the Community Centre in Thompson Road. It will take place on 17th January 3.00pm to 6.00pm. Read the rest of this entry »
News from Liz Lee (Community Development Worker) - Just to let you know we have been successful in our bid to Community Spaces for £49,999 for the skatepark.
There is a meeting next Tuesday 17 August at 6.00pm at the Community Centre when the person who has been commissioned to do the drawings will meet the skaters. As you know we have the design for the skatepark, it just needs to be adjusted to fit into the new space. Hope to see you there.
Good news from Liz Lee– she received a letter today (29 June) to say that the skate park project has been awarded £14,800 from the Youth Capital Fund. The letter says “we were very impressed with the hard work that you put in to make the bid”, so well done Luke, Max and James.
The bid was for £20,000 but considering the number of organisations who applied, it’s a real result. We will look to apply for the remaining £5,200.
We are still waiting to hear from Community Spaces (the bid there is for £50K) – the fact that we have secured the Youth Capital Grant will certainly help our case when they consider our application.
The application to Community Spaces for£50,000
towards for a new skatepark in Hollingdean will be sent off on 29 May. We won’t hear if we have been successful for two to three months.
At the end of April four young people, Luke, James, Max and Giuseppe got together to write an application to the Youth Capital Fund for £20,000 towards the new skatepark. Their application must have been good as they were invited along to answer questions from a youth panel – they only had 15 minutes but they did really well and got over all the main points about the project. We should hear if we have been successful in about a month.
As previously reported, Hollingdean skate park is outdated and has been subject to vandalism. A common criticism is that it is ‘too out of the way’ and some of the skaters, especially younger ones, don’t feel safe.
Your views are important and you are invited to fill in a short questionnaire (attached – Word version | PDF version). Either return the completed form to Liz Lee – Community Development Worker by post or email. Or, you can bring it along to the public meeting on Tuesday at St Richards (see article below).
There will be a public meeting on Tuesday 20th April, 6.30pm at St Richards Church (Beal Crescent) to discuss future plans and options for Hollingdean skate park.
The current skate park is outdated and has been subject to vandalism resulting in some of the equipment being removed for safety reasons. One of the major criticisms of the current skate park is that it is ‘too out of the way’ and some of the skaters, especially the younger ones, feel vulnerable.
For over a year a group of skaters, of all ages, have met and come up with a design for a new concrete skate park which will be much more robust. An application for lottery funding for this project will be submitted at the end of May. Read the rest of this entry »
Good news! Hollingdean is a step closer in the journey to getting a new skate park. The bid submitted by Hollingdean Development Trust, for £49,000 to Community Spaces funding for the new skate park is through to the second stage. In addition a bid for £25,000 to Veolia is being prepared and will be submitted shortly. Read the rest of this entry »
