I was delighted to open a new Children’s Play Area in Eastfield Park, for the use of the many young families that use the park.
Eastfield Park is one of our treasured open spaces in Northampton. I know that many of the young families have long wished for a newer play-park for children to enjoy. The Friends of Eastfield Park – a voluntary organisation chaired by Dr Vic Smith - have put an enormous amount of work into improving the park for the benefit of all who use it. I wrote to Northampton Borough Council to support their request for funds to construct the play area and the request was successful thanks to the Council’s generosity.
The facilities which have been put in place are already very popular, and after passing their safety testing recently, Dr Smith kindly invited me to officially open the new play area.
With a picnic, a bouncy castle on-site and balloons and sweets being given away, it was a really fun outing for many of the local children and a great way to welcome and celebrate the new play-park.