Pembroke Dock Memorial Park play park consultation revealed

The Friends of the Memorial Park held the consultation for one month, from June 20 to July 20, and asked numerous schools, disability groups and youth clubs for their input.

The group said that they started the consultation with the aim of “identifying what [the community] wanted from us as a charity and more importantly their local park.”

The consultation received 1,144 responses, of which 819 were from Pembroke Dock or 8.9per cent of the population at the time of the 2011 census.

The majority of respondents said that they wanted the space to be for people to play together regardless of disability, with 84per cent saying that it was important to them

Respondents also said that they thought a disability-friendly park was unique, with 74per cent saying they did not have one close to where they live.

The questions covered a variety of topics, including whether people would like to see the park take longer to complete if it meant there could be more equipment, which 90per cent of people said they would.

Of the respondents, 35per cent said they used memorial Park weekly, and over half said that they thing liked best about the park currently was the open green space, with 613 votes.

The park equipment received the highest number of votes in the question regarding what people disliked about the park, with 592 votes.

Just two per cent of responses said the park did not need more equipment, with 92per cent saying it did and the remainder saying they were unsure. The majority of respondents said that they would use the park more if there was more play equipment.

The consultation document also revealed that the charity had built up their reserves to £44,302, but said: “The projects that we wish to pursue are more than this and we would need to rely on grant funding in order to succeed.”

The reserves included a grant from the Pembroke Dock Town Council of £10,000 and donations of £502.