Scarborough and District Mencap’s Service Users Forum are seeking your support for our ongoing petition calling for accessible play equipment to be installed in at least one of our local parks.
At present, there are no accessible play equipment anywhere in the Scarborough area. This means children and adults with physical disabilities are unfairly excluded from outdoor play that other members of the community can enjoy freely.
We believe that every member of our community should be able to enjoy public spaces equally, and that accessible equipment is an essential step toward genuine inclusion, in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Current Situation:
Schools with children with additional needs: 136 children attend
Woodlands Academy and 96 children attend Springhead School. Many
others attend mainstream schools, meaning hundreds of local
children currently have no access to fully inclusive play
equipment.
Existing accessible playgrounds: Only South Cliff Gardens is partially accessible, offering ramps, a wheelchair-accessible sandpit, and a quiet area. Other parks lack fully inclusive facilities.
Key Campaign Points:
High local need: Hundreds of children with disabilities lack access
to inclusive play.
Policy support: Local council documents explicitly support improving accessibility in play areas.
Gap in provision: Very few parks currently have fully inclusive equipment; specific commitments are needed.
Opportunity: Align the campaign with Pride in Place funding and Local Plan objectives to create new inclusive play spaces.
We are calling on the council to make inclusive play standard practice, ensuring all children, regardless of ability, can enjoy safe, stimulating, and welcoming public play areas.
We are asking the council to:
Install inclusive play equipment in all local parks.
Ensure future park developments consider accessibility for all
children.
Make inclusive play standard practice, in line with the Equality
Act 2010.
Every child deserves the chance to play and belong - together,
we can make that a reality.
Started by: Dawn Brooks (Scarborough and District Mencap)
This ePetition runs from 26/02/2026 to 26/02/2027.
8 people have signed this ePetition.