Green Card Scheme
The Green Card Scheme
The Green Card scheme was introduced in December 2007, providing a clearly defined route by which local residents, community groups and other organisations can apply for new or improved leisure-related facilities in parks or other open spaces across the Borough.
The delivery of Green Card projects is handled by Leisure Services and funding comes from two sources:
At the linked pages we describe how these funds are collected and spent, and the evidence-based criteria we apply to the allocation of them. Below we list some of the points you will need to consider if you are thinking of proposing a project.
The type of proposals likely to be successful:
- New equipped children's play areas (playgrounds), or improvements to existing play areas
- A Goal End or MUGA (ball play facilities) in areas some distance from formal sports pitches
- Improvements to underused sites designed to attract more local people to enjoy them for exercise and informal recreation (walking, cycling, picnicking, for instance).
- In the case of Heathland Mitigation Funding particularly, the provision of wheeled play (BMX or other cycling, or skateboarding facility) on sites that adjoin heathland
What the Green Card scheme requires of you:
- That you have worked up a project proposal that would be delivered on Council-owned land; we are unable to provide leisure facilities on privately owned land.
- That you have identified whether your project would require Planning Permission
- That you have consulted with and gained the support of local residents, Ward Councillors and any other stakeholder(s), and that you have evidence to demonstrate that support
What we need to consider:
- Whether you project meets the relevant criteria in terms of, for instance,
- Whether the scheme is suitable for the proposed location
- Whether your project fits with existing Borough of Poole policy, plans and strategic priorities, for example, the Business Plan and Open Spaces Strategy
- Whether there are other demands on the ward-based funding that would be required to deliver your project
- Whether we have the capacity to deliver your project (i.e. the personnel, the time and necessary skills and experience, either in-house or externally)
If you have identified a project you believe would improve the recreational or leisure opportunities in your neighbourhood or elsewhere in the Borough, and you believe it meets the criteria associated with the Green Card Scheme and the relevant funding, please download, complete and submit the Green Card Project Proposal Form available at Apply for it!.
Copies are also available on request from the Technical & Development Team at the Leisure Services offices.
Contact Sarah Austin, Project Officer
Technical & Development Team
Tel: 01202 261325
Email: s.austin@poole.gov.uk
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