Brickfields

Following reports from residents, we are pleased to confirm that BANES sent a team out this week to fill in the number of dips that have appeared across the Brickfields area, making it safer for people walking their dogs, or wanting to take part in sports on the field.

We have also had confirmation that the zip wire that had been vandalised will be repaired shortly.

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Sarah Moore

Westmoreland Play Areas

After a number of discussions and meetings with the Council, we are pleased to announce we have some updates on improvements we have been working on in the Westmoreland play areas,.

Yesterday we had confirmation that a new set of football goal posts have been ordered to go into the Brickfields on the area below the basketball court.

We are also making progress on works required on the basketball court,  Councillor Sharon Ball said "I have been pushing for improvements to the basketball court since 2010.  I committed some ward initiative money last year towards the resurfacing and repainting of the court."

After already committing ward initiative funds from this year to replace the broken hoop, Sharon has also requested that the court is resurfaced and fenced to enable a proper game of basketball to be played without having to chase the ball down the slopes or retrieve it from the bushes.

We have also been looking the other play areas in Westmoreland, we have been discussing options ranging from repainting through to installing  new equipment.

We will update you as soon as there is further progress.

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Sarah Moore

Local schools in our area get extra funding for sports activities

Our two local schools in Westmoreland are benefiting from an injection of cash from the government for sports based activities.

·        Oldfield Park Infant School £8,570
·        Oldfield Park Junior School £9,150

The funding is the equivalent of around two days a week of a primary teacher’s time to provide more sport for their pupils. A typical primary school with 250 pupils would receive £9,250 per year.

"This is great news for Bath and North East Somerset's primary schools and builds on the local enthusiasm still running high from last year's Olympics and Paralympics.

"The funding will help schools to develop and embed healthy lifestyle choices for all our young people and to help tackle early health problems such as obesity and diabetes."