Half Term Mobile Skate Park Event
The Community Forum's Mobile Skate Park Event, held at the Mead Community Primary School on the first Saturday of half term, was a tremendous success and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who attended.

The event was sponsored by Wiltshire Youth Service, who generously paid for the skate park hire, and enhanced by the presence of the Wiltshire Army Cadets, whose rifle range was very popular. The Friends of the Mead provided excellent refreshments and made us feel very welcome at the school.

There was a great community atmosphere, with lots of fun being had by all. We were heartened to see so many young families attending, as well as dozens of local youngsters and a good number of older youths. Around 90 young people registered to take part in the event and there were several sessions when all age groups used the course together, all with only the most minor mishaps and no incidents of inappropriate behaviour whatsoever.

This event was designed to raise the profile of the Community Forum skate park proposal and to raise the spirits of everyone who supports the idea of a skate park on Paxcroft Mead, and it certainly succeeded on both counts.

People in the Park - Public Meeting at the Community Centre on Saturday November 12th.
A dedicated team of Community Forum volunteers has been pounding the streets of Paxcroft Mead this week, delivering hundreds of leaflets explaining "People in the Park", a new Community Forum initiative which the members of the committee have been working on over the summer.

The People in the Park initiative was formulated in response to comments received that the Forum was focusing too much on the interests of youth with the skate park project, and neglecting the needs of other members of the community. We honestly believe that the skate park project will prove to be of lasting value to the whole community, but we resolved to rise to the challenge and have been working hard to develop an ambitious, but achievable, programme of improvements to the country park of obvious benefit to all age groups.

We have been heartened by the excellent response to our call for volunteers to help deliver the leaflets, and by the dedication shown in their prompt and professional attitude in carrying out the deliveries. If you live on Paxcroft Mead and you have not yet received a leaflet, please get in touch via the website so we can pop one through your door. We want to ensure that every resident hears about our proposals, but with over 1540 households, that is quite a challenge.

We are holding an Open Meeting about "People in the Park" at the Community Centre at 10.30am on Saturday 12th November. There will be a presentation about the proposals and an open forum, after a short break for refreshments. Everyone on Paxcroft Mead is warmly invited to come.