Work due to start on PlayZone in park

Work is due to start on a new PlayZone in Hull with football facilities, pavilion and splash pad, the city council has said.

The facility at Bude Park will feature an enclosed, floodlit 65ft (20m) by 98ft (30m) 3G pitch for football and netball.

The Playzone has received 75% of its funding from the Premier League, The FA and government's Football Foundation who are planning to deliver over 200 PlayZones across the country.

Hull City Council have appointed contractor Cleveland Land Services Limited to deliver the scheme with work due to being on 9 March.

The project has also received a grant from the Crime Prevention Fund.

Rob Pritchard, portfolio holder for culture and leisure at the council said: "PlayZones will provide high-quality affordable and safe outdoor sports and leisure activities and help to meet the council's ethos of promoting an active and healthy lifestyle."

The facility will be available to book for public leisure use and the council said they will also be working with community groups and organisations such as Tigers Trust and Child Dynamix to deliver sessions.

The Football Foundation's PlayZone programme's aims to tackle inequalities for people with disabilities or long-term illness and for communities with higher levels of deprivation.

A planning application is also in place for a PlayZone at East Park to replace the unused MUGA adjacent to Woodford Leisure Centre which closed several years ago and has fallen into disrepair.

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