Building Inclusive Play Spaces in Kingston
An inclusive playground allows children and adults of all abilities to play together and creates a fun, nurturing environment for everyone. The estimated cost of this playpark is $900,000. The City of Kingston has generously provided us with the public land, and will conduct the maintenance on the play structure and surfacing when it is completed. To build the park, we are relying on grant opportunities and community donations. There are many beautiful fully inclusive playgrounds across Ontario, and we would love to add Kingston to the list!
Save the date for the Inclusive Fun Fair on June 8th, 2024!
Get ready for a day filled with fun fair activities to make a difference in our community! The fun fair will be located at the Rideau Heights Community Centre, 85 Maccauley St, Kingston.
By attending this event, you’ll be supporting the construction of the new inclusive playground. Together, we can build a playground for ALL children!
Stay tuned for more updates on the fun fair!
Draft Plan of Possible Playground
We have a draft of the new playground incorporating the existing equipment already at Shannon Park! This will be subject to some changes along the way of course. A huge thank you to ABC Recreation for their incredible expertise. Features include: - nice big ramp...
Why do we need this? Watch this video!
If you have a few minutes, I encourage you to watch this amazing story about an inclusive playground in Oregon. Such an inspiration! I will be sharing this video at our Rotary presentation this week because I think it really embodies the vision we are trying to...
Location: Shannon Park
For those of you not familiar with Shannon Park, Here is a quick drone footage video! The proposed park site is right beside the current park with the wood chips (beside the zip line). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkf29dmg4AY There is already a splash pad there,...
PROJECT UPDATE:
So many behind the scenes things happening! We now have a graphic designer who has offered to help us design some pamphlets, posters etc. We also have a videographer pending to help put together a little promo video to post on the website. City of Kingston finance...
Project Update:
EXCITING NEWS! The initial design for the first park is HERE! More info and photos to come. Hoping to iron out details/cost in the next week or two. Rachel
4 Reasons Inclusive Playgrounds Benefit Communities
I had a conversation with someone today about the many benefits of inclusive playgrounds. She mentioned her mother lives with dementia and that a wheelchair swing would be so calming for her. Yet another reason why these playgrounds will benefit Kingston - Rachel
Community survey
Accessible and Sensory Friendly PlaygroundsNow that the beautiful warm weather is here, let’s talk about play grounds! We would love to see some more inclusive and accessible play spaces in and around Kingston. Please help us get the dialogue...
Project Update:
I am working with some amazing people in the financial department at the city to set up an account for donations which will allow for tax receipts. We will also be able to accept online donations through the Canada Helps platform. We have a few people working behind...
Official Logo
We officially have a logo Thank you so much everyone for your feedback and ideas. In the end, we tweaked the colours slightly so as not to be confused with the KidsInclusive logo. A big thank you to Anne-Marie MacKenzie and Kristy MacPhee for making it happen!
Inclusive Play Ideas
A well-designed inclusive playground welcomes, supports and engages every person who comes to use the space regardless of the ability.
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What People are Saying
We moved here from Edmonton last summer and I must say, we were spoiled with hundreds of incredible playgrounds and many of which were built specifically with inclusivity as it’s primary focus. I must confess, I was very disappointed with the playgrounds here but we’re making the best of it of course. That being said, I am so so very excited to see this initiative circulating!""I could see these spaces also being of benefit for teens, adults, and seniors with Mobilty needs if the equipment sizing could allow! The benefits of swinging span all ages 
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