Author: Deputy

CAM PARISH COUNCIL
Jubilee Playing Fields Special Newsletter

GRAND OPENING OF JUBILEE PLAY AREAS
Two new children’s play areas at Jubilee Playing Field in Cam are due to be officially opened on Saturday 8 October with a community fun day.
Exciting new toddler and junior-aged children’s play areas will be opened during an afternoon of entertainment organised by Cam Parish Council, which has invested £100,000 in the play park project.
The opening event runs from 2pm until 4pm and includes youth activities, face painting and competitions. Cotswolds Dogs and Cats Home will be at the playing field holding a community dog show with categories such as “My Best Friend and Me” and “Cutest Puppy”.
Creating the children’s play areas are part of Cam Parish Council’s five-year plan to improve the 16-acre playing field off Everside Lane. The entrance was widened to improve safety in 2020 and the perimeter footpath diverted away from the skatepark in 2021.

The toddler play area has been fenced with bow-top fencing and is suitable for children aged up to 5-years-old.
This play area has been created next to the car park with an unfenced junior area, suitable for youngsters aged up to 12-years-old, next to it.
Dogs will still be welcome at Jubilee Playing Field but they will not be allowed inside the fenced toddler area and owners are asked to keep them under control and away from the junior play equipment and the skate park.

A public consultation into what people thought of Jubilee Playing Field was held in 2019 and more than half the 234 people who took part mentioned a lack of play equipment for toddlers, older children and teenagers. More consultations were held last year when users of the playing field were asked what sort of play equipment they would like to see.
These results were fed back to play designers, with Proludic Ltd winning the contract to create innovative new play spaces.

Cllr Fiona Poulter, chair of Cam Parish Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee, said it was exciting to be giving Cam residents two new playgrounds. She added: “We hope it will give our younger generation an enjoyable space to enjoy outdoor recreation.”

The 16-acre site was a finalist in the Fields in Trust 2013 Inclusion Awards and has football pitches, a skatepark and outdoor gym and play equipment.
Cam Parish Council will soon be considering improving the car park at Jubilee Playing Field.

Watch this space for more exciting things to come!

Get in touch with your Councillors

Parish Councillors
Ward	Name	Email		Landline	Mobile
East	Stewart Angell	Stewart.angell@camparishcouncil.gov.uk			07786 313 220
East	Jonathan Bishop	Jonathan.bishop@camparishcouncil.gov.uk		01453 822 368
East	Fiona Poulter	Fiona.poulter@camparishcouncil.gov.uk		01453 547 577
East	Brian Tipper	Brian.tipper@camparishcouncil.gov.uk		01453 542 262	07798 741 522
East	Christina Carter	Christina.carter@camparishcouncil.gov.uk
East	Mike Grimshaw	Mike.grimshaw@camparishcouncil.gov.uk		01453 544 954
East	Ben Wilkes	Ben.wilkes@camparishcouncil.gov.uk
West	Mark Morton	mark.morton@camparishcouncil.gov.uk		01453 368009	07388463218
West	Jonathan Fulcher	Jon.fulcher@camparishcouncil.gov.uk		01453 890 926
West	Miranda Clifton	Miranda.clifton@camparishcouncil.gov.uk		01453 545 512
West	Richard Lane	Richard.lane@camparishcouncil.gov.uk
West	Scott Temlett	Scott.temlett@camparishcouncil.gov.uk
West	Alex McIntyre	Alex.mcintyre@camparishcouncil.gov.uk
West	Dennis Andrewatha	Dennis.andrewatha@camparishcouncil.gov.uk
West	Julie Sherman	Julie.sherman@camparishcouncil.gov.uk
West	Glyn Gough	Glyn.Gough@camparishcouncil.gov.uk
District Councillors
East	Brian Tipper	Cllr.Brian.tipper@stroud.gov.uk		01453 542 262	07798 741522
East	Victoria Gray	Cllr.victoria.gray@stroud.gov.uk
West	Christopher Evans	Cllr.christopher.evans@stroud.gov.uk
West	Colin Fryer	Cllr.colin.fryer@stroud.gov.uk
County Councillor
Cam Valley	Brian Tipper	Brian.tipper@gloucestershire.gov.uk		01453 542 262	07798 741 522
MP
Stroud	Siobhan Baillie		3 King Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3DA / siobhan.baillie.mp@parliament.uk	020 7219 4920

Mailing list
This newsletter is posted on our website and Facebook, with hard copies available at the Parish Office.
Would you like to join our mailing list and receive our newsletter direct to your inbox? If so, send your details to Lucy, Deputy Clerk; admin@camparishcouncil.gov.uk or complete the slip below.
Please add me to the newsletter mailing list
Name……………………………………………….. Email……………………………………………………………………………………………