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New Children’s Play Park Opens in Scarborough
12th Aug 2009
A new play area has this week been officially opened in Scarborough on Royal Albert Drive in North Bay funded by the Marks & Spencer carrier bag charge!
The new park, unveiled by environmental charity Groundwork, was yesterday officially opened by Scarborough Council leader Tom Fox.
M&S Scarborough staff and Groundwork North Yorkshire joined volunteers from the Friends of Royal Albert Park to plant hundreds of wild roses at the site to compliment the soft landscaping and the new children’s play area.
Tom Mutton, who is the North Yorkshire Coast programme manager for Groundwork, said:
“It is fantastic to see this play area open and being enjoyed by so many people.”
The new Scarborough attraction means that youngsters have a new park to use and the opening of this facility was marked with a barbecue in the new picnic area of the attraction.
The project has been supported by money raised from Marks & Spencer’s national carrier bag charge introduced in May last year, aimed at encouraging customers to reduce the amount of plastic bags they use each time they shop. All profit (1.85p) from the sale of single use food carrier bags is going to Groundwork to invest in ‘Greener Living Spaces’ like Royal Albert Park.
The new children’s play park is located next to the new Scarborough Skatepark ‘Hairy Bob’s’, which is also due to open later this month, and a short walk from the Clifton Hotel Scarborough.
