Inclusive and sensory equipment is due to be added to the play areas on Fairfield Park thanks to a £25k grant from Central Bedfordshire Council and equal match-funding from Fairfield Park Residents Company and Fairfield Parish Council.
With the finance in place the proposals are now being worked on and a public consultation will be
underway shortly.
Once complete it will be the fulfilment of an aspiration of FPRA committee member, Lee Abbott, who herself is the mother of a profoundly disabled child. A mum to three children, she had long watched two of her children play while she sat with Amber, wishing that all three could play together. As she investigated a way to make this happen, she became aware of the fact that there are many families in Fairfield with children who have complex needs and find the playparks inaccessible.
Illustrated examples are a wheelchair roundabout, a sunflower sensory and a swing seat