This is a great community school with a large cohort of students. The facilities are regularly accessed by the community and currently are sub-optimal for the requirement. Great initiative and well overdue!
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Bell Primary School Community Sports Oval
Build a new sports oval for community and school use
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Project details
Suggested by: Alex
Project partner: Bell Primary School
Region
Northern Metro
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473 votes received
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Bell Primary School is a large and growing primary school with 535 students in West Preston. The school has a large open space that is in disrepair and poorly utilised. This project will convert the open space into a quality community sports oval, including installation of a synthetic four lane running track surrounding a 2400 square metre turf infield. The new oval will have good drainage to enable year round use. The oval will provide urgently needed sporting infrastructure for the school, local sports clubs and the community.
Installing the oval will allow Bell PS to enter an arrangement with the Darebin Falcons, a prominent local club that offer sporting opportunities for women and girls. The Falcons will use the facility for soccer clinics and training to support their rapidly growing membership, including over summer when the Falcons don't have access to other training facilities. The oval will provide a quality facility for the school physical education program, enabling the school to host other local schools for sporting competition. Other community groups will also be able to access the oval, and it will be open to the public.
COMPLETED PROJECT
Project details
Suggested by: Alex
Project partner: Bell Primary School
Region
Northern Metro
Budget
Votes
473 votes received
Spread the word
Before participating in Pick My Project please log in or register to YourSAy.
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Great use of space both inside and outside school hours.
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This would be a fantastic addition to the area and used by so many in the community
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Thanks to Bell PS, Darebin Falcons, residents of Preston / Thornbury and surrounds for voting. With your support we’ll build a great new facility for the school and local community.
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This project makes a lot of sense. As our population continues to grow, we must optimise the use of these valuable spaces.
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Desperately needed
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Sports oval for year round use, necessary for growing healthy kids and a healthy community. Will get non stop use
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Desperate for this upgrade - 500 children and no decent grassed area for exercise and recreation.
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Huge school with dirt and weeds for an oval needs this upgrade. Girls sport needs it too as there isn’t enough space for Falcons at the moment.
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A great opportunity to connect the wider community with the school and also provide a space that can be used for most of the year.
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Great project that will have real benefits for the school and wider community.
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A very worthwhile project that will provide a much needed space.
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Green space, great community resource and promotion of healthy pursuits in a busy family area. Will help many
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A wonderful community project that can be accessed and utilised 7 days a week, benefiting so many children and youth in our local area.
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Fantastic project!
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Great project - can easily see this becoming a community space for sport
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Both Falcons and Bell Primary are growing rapidly and are in need of a sports ground
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Kenandbelle
22 Aug 2018
This is a great way to make the most out of community space and improve access to sports facilities for local clubs.