labourinwandsworthLabour and Tory Councillors have approved plans to modernise and refurbish the adventure playground in Battersea Park with brand new equipment and keep play free. The decision, taken on Wednesday, will now be subject to public consultation. If backed by residents it would mean the playground does not need to introduce an admission charge – and [...]
By our man in Battersea Park Wednesday seemed like the perfect day to go to Battersea Park to continue our ‘No pay to play’ campaign. It was national ‘Playday’ – a celebration of the child’s right to play – so what better time to remind everybody that the Tory council in Wandsworth are still hell-bent on [...]
Playday is holding a playday tomorrow – next to the Battersea Park Adventure Playground, for which the Council may still start charging children to play on the equipment. Playday is a celebration of children’s right to play, and a campaign that highlights the importance of play in children’s lives. The event is taking place at Battersea Park ( [...]
Despite a retreat last week over charges for children to use Battersea Park Adventure Playground, the plans are not dead yet. In an interview with the Wandsworth Guardian Kathy Tracey, the council’s children’s services spokeswoman, said the Tories may still introduce a fee to use the specialist playground. She said a survey will be carried out over [...]
Wandsworth Borough Council made a decision on 28 February at its Executive Committee to introduce a charge of £2.50 per child for entry to Battersea Adventure Playground. This was due to come into effect on 2 July 2011. A letter before claim threatening to issue judicial review proceedings was sent on behalf of five families, [...]
On Tuesday night at the Town Hall Councillors heard a heartfelt plea from a local mother describing the effect of the £2.50 charge for the use of Battersea Park Adventure Playground on her child and other local families, especially those on low incomes. Despite more than 1000 signatories against the pilot scheme and a deputation of local [...]
Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has told the House of Commons he believes all playgrounds should be free – piling pressure on Conservative-led Wandsworth Council to back down from its plans to charge children, as young as eight years old, to use Battersea Park’s Adventure Playground. Responding to a question asked by Labour [...]
