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To: Causeway Cost and Glens Borough Council

Build an accessible park in Limavady

Extend its current park area in Limavady to have accessible play facilities for children in wheelchairs and children with sensory disorders.

Why is this important?

Despite catering for special needs education here in Limavady at Rossmar, and a great greenspace area at Backburn Path, we have no accessible play facilities for children in wheelchairs or specially adapted pushchairs. We also have no sensory areas, with parents having to travel out of the area to take their children to facilities adapted to their needs. Taking into account the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly article 2 (Children must be protected from discrimination), article 27 The child's right to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development), and most relevent in this case, article 31 (The child's right to rest, leisure and recreational activities), our councillors are failing the families of Limavady and it's surrounding areas. Money was allocated to change the name of the current culture centre which was then dismissed. This could be spent in the construction of a sensory/accessible park. Our children are our future. Please sign this petition to show the demand we have for it in Limavady!
The backburn path, Limavady, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Updates

2017-02-23 18:58:01 +0000

Thank you for all the new and continuing signatures! Your support is very much appreciated!

2016-08-22 11:55:09 +0100

We have a new facebook page available to keep everybody updated on current progress. This page allows followers to see what is new with this campaign, share their stories about what a park like this would mean to their families, and allow the council to see the demand we have for a more accessible park. https://www.facebook.com/accessiblepark4Limavady/ also we want to create as much social media noise as we possibly can so it you are on twitter can you trend this following tweet #shoutalittlelouderLimavady

2016-08-20 22:33:14 +0100

500 signatures reached

2016-08-18 10:44:25 +0100

100 signatures reached

2016-08-18 09:47:03 +0100

50 signatures reached

2016-08-18 09:13:00 +0100

25 signatures reached

2016-08-18 08:48:58 +0100

10 signatures reached