Summerseat Play Area, Bury

25.04.2024

This has been an amazing community project to be part of, and it’s great to get such lovely feedback 🙂

”It has been brilliant working with Proffitts, they took away so much stress and as a small community group we don’t have the capacity or expertise to do many of the things they have done for us, like bid writing, community consultation and developing plans, maps and costings, Its been a tremendous help and the playground the community now has is fabulous and much celebrated. It brings us together and is a meeting place for all ages which was exactly what the community group wanted. Martin and Rachael are so easy to work with and we have learnt so much from the experience of working with them.”

Emma Speed, Summerseat Village Collective

25.03. 2024

It was great to join the amazing Summerseat Village Collective and local residents at the official opening of the play area on Saturday! After lots of rain, and a winter that felt like it would never end, it was really fantastic to see the park open and being enjoyed by everyone 🙂

To add to the excitement, the celebration also included the lighting of the village Christmas tree, which had been lovingly decorated with Easter egg ornaments by the children from the local primary school. The combined play area opening and tree lighting ceremony were a wonderful way for the Summerseat community to come together, celebrate their collective achievements, and look forward to a brighter future for the village. Well done, everyone!

Click below to watch an interview with SVC Chair Emma Speed talking about this exciting project for Roch Valley Radio and listen to Councillor Liam James Dean giving his view too.

Image credits above: Roch Valley Radio, Wendy Turner-Hargreaves

15.02.2024

The weather has been awful…but great to see that the team have now tarmacked some of the paths. The perimeter path isn’t finished yet, but we hope everything on site will be completed end Feb/early March! 🙂

23.01.2024

The play area work is nearing completion, but the frost, the snow, and the stormy weather have unfortunately delayed the surfacing works. The work on the perimeter path is coming along nicely though, and we’re looking forward to the whole site opening for visitors again really soon!

02.12.2023

Bit of a change in the temperatures this week…the cold weather means that the plan to start some work including the surfacing will be delayed. But, the team are still making progress where ever they can. Fingers crossed that the temperature begins to rise again, and the team can get back on track ❄️

27.11.2023

Making great progress in the sunshine today… ☀️

30.10.2023

The Summerseat play area site looks very calm now, but we’ll see some big changes over the next few weeks. Thanks to everyone for their patience and continued support as the team work hard on site. The contractors hope to be finished by the end of December, so not too long to go!

20.10.2023

Removing the old, to make way for the new! Hope to see some new play equipment arriving over the next few weeks 🤞☔

05.10.2023

It’s pouring down. but the contractors at Summerseat Play Area are making progress, and hope to be finished by the end of December 🙂

Thanks to everyone for their patience and continued support as we work on site. Thanks also to the brilliant teams at FFC Community Action Fund and Suez Communities Fund for funding the project alongside Bury Council – we wouldn’t have got this far without them!

25.08.2023

Work to create the new play area will begin on 4th September!

During the works, the wider site will remain open. Barriers will be installed around work areas for safety, but machinery and vehicles will be moving around the space on weekdays so please do take extra care if you’re visiting. Weather permitting, the team are hoping to be finished by the end of December – but we’ll keep you posted on here, so do keep checking back for updates.

01.03.2023

Funding for the Summerseat Play Area project has been secured. The work has been out for tender, and has now been awarded to a local contractor. We’re really hoping that work will begin on site in May 2023 and, as soon as we have the start date confirmed, we’ll let you know!

07.06.2022

It’s been a while since we’ve updated you about the Summerseat Play Area project, but work has been continuing! A funding application has now been completed and submitted, and we hope to have more news in the next few months. We’ll update you again as soon as we find out more 🙂

13.01.2022

Thanks to everyone who has already completed the survey about the proposed changes at Summerseat Play Area. We’ll be closing the survey on Friday 21st January, so if you haven’t already responded, please do log on and let us have your thoughts before then. You can click here to access the design and survey: Summerseat Play Area Design Survey

The survey only takes a few minutes, but it would be great if you could share your thoughts and feedback so that we can make sure that we get the design right for you. A copy of the plan is below – you can click on the image to enlarge it. Thanks again for your support!

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11.11.2021

Thanks to everyone, especially the children at Summerseat Methodist Church, who shared their suggestions about the Summerseat Play Area changes. We now have a design that we would like to share with you, and it would be fantastic if you could take a look and let us know what you think. You can click here to access the design and survey: Summerseat Play Area Design Survey

The survey only takes a few minutes, but it would be great if you could share your thoughts and feedback so that we can make sure that we get the design right for you. Thanks again for your support – your help really does make a huge difference.

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06.09.2021

We’ve had some fantastic play area designs from the children at Summerseat Methodist School. Suggestions for the space have been passed to the play space designer and she will come up with a plan and share it with everyone soon. Thank you to all of the children who shared their ideas – here’s a few for you to take a look at:

14.07.2021

We had a really positive meeting with the head teacher at Summerseat Methodist School this morning. We talked about raising the profile of the play area in Summerseat and also about involving the school children in the design process. The children will be helping us design the space by answering a few questions about play in Summerseat and even drawing their ideal play space – we can’t wait to see what they come up with!

As well as the feedback from the school children, it would be really helpful to get feedback from as many other adults, families, park users and visitors as we can. There’s a very short survey that you can complete below. It only takes a few minutes, but it would be great if you could click on the link and share your thoughts and suggestions. Thanks in advance – your help makes a huge difference to the project.

Click here: Summerseat Play Area Survey

07.06.2021

We are now working with The Summerseat Park Project group on a plan to improve the Summerseat play area. There is already a lot of local interest in the project, and we plan to reach out and consult with the wider community about the play area design over the next few months. We love helping communities make the most of their outside play space and we’re all really looking forward to working on this one.

If you have any questions or suggestion about the project, please comment below and someone will get back to you.