CHILDREN in Grappenhall can enjoy a new place to play thanks to a £1,000 donations from Freemasons.
St Wilfrid’s Primary School opened its new play area which the children can use throughout the year last Monday.
The total cost of the project is £17,000 and after raising £13,000 the Friends of St Wilfrid’s applied to the West Lancashire Freemasons’ Charity for a grant to help complete the project.
The friends had raised most of the cash at the annual walking day, summer fair, a summer ball, several recycling projects, school discos nights and even selling ice lollies after school!
Sarah Barwell, fundraiser for the friends, said: “A low-level play trail has been the wish of children and parents for a long time, given that the nearest park is severely lacking the apparatus that so many other children benefit from.
“We have been working with the school council to understand exactly what the children themselves need and they believed children should have high quality experiences outside of the classroom.”
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