Location:
Inclusive Play Area at Rocket Park
Hillingdon
London
The Wooden Spoon Play Area at Rocket Park opened by Lawrence Dellaglio
Wicksteed helped make the dreams of one London mum a reality, by designing a cutting edge playground for disabled children. Wicksteed Playscapes worked together with mum Katrina Bijowski, who runs Karers 4 Kids - a charity that helps build recreational facilities for both disabled and able-bodied children at the Wooden Spoon Mobility Training and Recreation Centre in Oak Farm Rocket Park, Hillingdon.
With no place for wheelchair users to play - and motivated by the experiences of her own daughter, Emma, who has cerebral palsy - Katrina, her husband Chris, and another trustee of the charity spent six years planning the playground and raised an impressive £155,000 to build it.
Katrina said "Wicksteed's fantastic support helped us to succeed". The company worked with Hillingdon pupils and families of disabled children to find out the sort of equipment they would like included on the site and produced 3d virtual reality drawings to help them visualise the area and, in turn, help them with their fund-raising achievements.
Wicksteed included equipment for both able-bodied and less able kids to use and products which allowed carers to keep close. Katrina exuded enthusiasm when she pointed out: "Sometimes disabled kids are afraid to try out a slide, for instance, but the wide slide is perfect because it allows carers to slide down alongside whilst holding their child's hand. It will be such an invaluable resource for the area and we hope it will be the first of many that could possibly be replicated across the country. Emma cannot wait to go whizzing about in it!"
Rugby Union star Lawrence Dellaglio officially opened the playground, much to the delight of both the kids and the carers!
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