WELCOME

Welcome to the website of the Friends of Endcliffe Playground. We’re here to develop, improve and support Endcliffe Park Playground, through raising awareness, funds and practical help. We love our park and want to make the playground a better, safer place for children to play – and we hope you will help us.

It is 15 years since the current play equipment (with the exception of the swings) was installed in Endcliffe Playground. We want to raise funds to create a brand new inclusive playground which will enable children of all abilities to play together: a playground that will enhance the feeling of normality for disabled children and is yet exciting and stimulating for the most able children.

Where is Endcliffe Park? We’re located 2 miles south-west of Sheffield City Centre, in S11, and are one of the the Porter Valley Parks, a public ‘green corridor’ from the city out to the edge of the Peak National Park.

The NEW Playground ...

For all of you that would like to find out what the new playground will look like here is an artist's impession. Work on the playground will be starting soon so keep checking our website for more updates!

We celebrate our successful boulder campaign !

We are absolutely delighted that our appeal to raise £10,000 to buy a climbing boulder to complete the plans for the proposed new playground has succeeded! The Friends of Endcliffe Playground launched the appeal, supported by Richard Hawley, only 3 months ago and we have received generous financial donations from Barber Harrison and Platt, local rock climbing company Wild Country, Riverdale Roundtable and Richard himself. There was also huge financial support online with donations from the community totalling over  £7,500 on the Group's giftshare website.
‘We are incredibly grateful to all donors, especially those who had faith in our vision early on in our campaign and supported us in this project – without our major donors, our ambitious plans for this incredibly special and important playground would never have been realised' says Tracey Shibli, the Group's Fundraiser.
There will be something to appeal to everyone from the very young to the old. Fun equipment to test balancing, rolling and swinging skill, and plants and nature trails to stimulate the senses. There will be two challenging multi-modular climbing frames for the more able, a climbing boulder for the adventurous, a smaller climbing frame for toddlers, a see-saw, swings and a roundabout but this time with a difference – it will be big enough for a wheelchair. Specially designed swings and an extra wide low-level slide are also in the plans specifically with special needs children in mind. An amphitheatre for teaching and playing in and a human sundial, together with a nature trail are also in the plans; these elements will be brought to life by an artist.

So that the designs can be realised, the existing playground will close in late June but will reopen for business after a massive building programme in mid September. The Group is concerned that the playground will be closed over the summer holidays, however this period should also provide the most congenial weather in which to build the new playground and enable it to be completed on time. A programme of sports and activity van sessions has already been put in place for Endcliffe Park during the school holidays and the local community is lucky to have the Park's ancient woodland to explore and the vast area of open grass to enjoy sporting and recreational activities.
The proposed new plans are available to view in Endcliffe Park Café which will also detail any activities which we hope to take place in the park during the playground's closure.

For more information on the new playground please contact Madeleine Thomas Mob: 07986 578 651 or if you would like to donate please visit www.giftshare.com/Endcliffe

Thanks for your support!
All of us at Friends of Endcliffe Playground

hoW YOU CAN HELP

  • Become a member of Friends of Endcliffe playground (download our membership form (166K Word doc)) and persuade 3 of your friends to join the group.
  • Donate at www.giftshare.com/Endcliffe
    We have set up a page on giftshare.com.  Why not send it out to your friends and family and see if they would like to donate a few pounds to the playground fund? 
  • Contribute to our newsletter
  • Help create and maintain the displays for our new notice board
  • Help raise community awareness and help with fund-raising events
  • Attend monthly meetings and share your thoughts, ideas and expertise

However small the contribution you think you could make, please be in touch.