THE opening of a village playground, provided with £50,000 worth of National Lottery funding, is due to take place on March 23.
The recreational park was the brainchild of village organisation SCIP - Staindrop Community Improving Play - which was formed specifically to raise funds for a play area because the parish council, as an official body, was unable to apply for grants in its own right.
Once funding was in place the parish council agreed to lease the play area to SCIP, and a legal document was drawn up to that effect, with SCIP paying a peppercorn rent.
Children from the two village schools are to be invited to put their names into a draw, with the winners given the honour of cutting the ribbon to declare the park officially open.
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