PLANS to make sure everyone from a Worcester housing estate can attend an extra special community fun day have been given a welcome boost.
The Dines Green community is marking its 70th anniversary with an afternoon of entertainment, food, fundraising and activities for all ages on Saturday (September 28).
And Platform Housing’s Community Chest has stumped up enough cash to provide a SEN-Den and a wheelchair accessible taxi.
Worcester City Councillor Robyn Norfolk, who is helping organise the festival, said “This grant from Platform Housing’s Community Chest will help to ensure that no local resident need miss out on sharing this celebration. The SEN-Den will be perfect for families and carers of any children who might need a quieter space during their visit to escape the sensory overload of a busy event.”
The housing association’s grant will also fund a wheelchair accessible taxi for the event, which can be pre-booked to make sure that any locals unable to walk or use buses to reach the community fun day at Honeywell Primary School can join in with the occasion.
Platform Housing spokesperson Paul Edwards said the company was delighted to get involved with this unique event.
He added: “Platform Housing Group has hundreds of customers around Dines Green and on new housing developments neighbouring the estate. We have supported many community-led events here in the past and it’s great that our Community Chest panel approved this application from Dinesfest.
“I am looking forward to bringing along a children’s archery activity along and to seeing many of our longer-term customers from the area as well as meeting many newer arrivals.”
Dinesfest will be an opportunity for residents to show off their talents and share their stories of the estate, where a development of new homes began seven decades ago in 1954.
The event, running at the school from 1pm until 4.30pm, has been arranged by residents, schools, groups, and churches within the neighbourhood.
There will be free face painting and inflatables, as well as pony rides, tradestands, food and drink, football, bike stunts and Dines Green’s Got Talent.
