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http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2092412&SectionID=455
Deaf children have had their playground transformed thanks to willing helpers from the community.
An unused area at the back of the Elizabeth Foundation in Cosham was full of overgrown bushes, weeds and rubbish.
Teachers had to stop the youngsters straying off the grass for fear they would get caught up in the tangle.
But now it has been transformed into a pathway and play area the children can enjoy.
A team from HM Revenue and Customs gave up a weekend to clear the area. Builders from construction company Carillion, which is developing the Queen Alexandra superhospital, then laid a new path, and Havant Lions Club donated a new bridge and wooden arbour for children to play on.
Staff at the Elizabeth Foundation – a pre-school for deaf and hearing- impaired youngsters – invited Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, the First Sea Lord, to officially open the Woodland Walk.
After a tour around the centre, he cut the ribbon leading the way down the new pathway with wife Sarah.
And hordes of pre-schoolers clutching their green-and-purple Elizabeth Foundation balloons followed him to catch a first glimpse of the new area.
Shirley Metherell, Elizabeth Centre founder and chief executive, said: ‘We were honoured to welcome Admiral Band to our family centre for deaf children. We look forward to our pre-schoolers enjoying our Woodland Walk area in the springtime.’
Deaf children have had their playground transformed thanks to willing helpers from the community.
An unused area at the back of the Elizabeth Foundation in Cosham was full of overgrown bushes, weeds and rubbish.
Teachers had to stop the youngsters straying off the grass for fear they would get caught up in the tangle.
But now it has been transformed into a pathway and play area the children can enjoy.
A team from HM Revenue and Customs gave up a weekend to clear the area. Builders from construction company Carillion, which is developing the Queen Alexandra superhospital, then laid a new path, and Havant Lions Club donated a new bridge and wooden arbour for children to play on.
Staff at the Elizabeth Foundation – a pre-school for deaf and hearing- impaired youngsters – invited Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, the First Sea Lord, to officially open the Woodland Walk.
After a tour around the centre, he cut the ribbon leading the way down the new pathway with wife Sarah.
And hordes of pre-schoolers clutching their green-and-purple Elizabeth Foundation balloons followed him to catch a first glimpse of the new area.
Shirley Metherell, Elizabeth Centre founder and chief executive, said: ‘We were honoured to welcome Admiral Band to our family centre for deaf children. We look forward to our pre-schoolers enjoying our Woodland Walk area in the springtime.’