Pick My Project: Romsey ecotherapy park wins funding
ROMSEY’S ecotherapy park will be able to branch out, thanks to a much-needed funding boost this week. The cash will be used to build and install a climbing forest.
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ROMSEY’S ecotherapy park will be able to branch out, thanks to a much-needed funding boost this week.
The State Government’s Pick My Project funded 230 projects across regional Victoria and Melbourne.
The ecotherapy park will now build and install a $200,00 climbing forest to help engage older children.
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The park project was one of three Macedon Ranges winners in the State Government scheme.
Among other projects chosen was a community art installation to celebrate the life and work of renowned wood, steel and stone sculptor Matthew Harding and raising awareness of male rates of suicide in country areas.
Woodend Kindergarten will also receive $198,500 for a new playground update and outdoor learning space.
Stage one of the ecotherapy park has already been completed and opened on the old Romsey Primary School site earlier this year. The new money will be used to build and install a climbing forest to help engage older children.
Ecotherapy park committee member Jenny Stillman said the announcement provided the necessary motivation to keep the project buzzing.
“It’s exciting. The great thing about this funding is that it allows for continuity of project. It provides the group with some momentum to fundraise for the other spaces in the park.” she said.
“We’re for the local community who supported our project. We gunned hard, but the community supported us. There are a lot of great projects in our local area.”
Park president Raelene Mottram was similarly excited by the news.
“(We’re) incredibly grateful for the community’s support for the climbing forest,” she said.
“At up to 3m high, it will be welcomed by older children, youths and adults alike.”
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