Exciting new plans for the redevelopment of Tenby's Jubilee play area are moving on apace, with draft designs by students at the town's Greenhill School ready for public inspection. Tenby Town Council agreed to adopt the popular play area overlooking the South Beach some three years ago following a change in Pembrokeshire County Council's play area policy. On the town council's wish list for the play park were plans not only to upgrade the existing facilities, but also to provide a toddlers' play area. However, attempts to try to find funding to realise their visions through several avenues met without success. Earlier this year, the Jubilee and other town council managed municipal gardens were vandalised by youths and children, and as a result, Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown, approached the school for assistance in helping to control the 'mindless vandalism'. Headmaster, Mr. Chris Noble and the school's youth worker, Tammy Dibble, readily agreed to help and a project to enhance the Jubilee was born. Meetings were held with Lynn Chattoe, of the Prince's Trust, and Shani Lawrence, of Land Vision, and a scheme was hatched to develop an area to address the needs of all age groups and users within the community. "The planned project will create a community recreation area with the emphasis on increasing wildlife interest and biodiversity, while also including a toddler play area," said Tammy Dibble. "It is hoped that all sections of the community will be involved, in particular those young people participating in the Prince's Trust XL Network Programme. "We already have Year Nine and Year 11 students at Greenhill participating and it is hoped that other members of the community will also take part in the construction using local materials under professional guidance." Tammy and fellow youth worker Phillipa Lindsay were successful in securing an initial grant from Enfys to kickstart the scheme, including the undertaking of a site survey and community 'envisioning' exercise. The envisioning exercise was carried out in September, with interested parties from the local community meeting at the De Valence Pavilion to come up with a range of ideas, look at concerns and determine volunteers and areas of expertise that could be useful. Following the meeting, students at Greenhill involved in the project held a series of workshops to brainstorm ideas and come up with a final design which is now ready to be presented at another public meeting at the De Valence next Friday, November 26, at 7.30 pm. "Once we have the final design, we can then go forward and make further grant aid applications to Enfys and Pembrokeshire County Council's community regeneration unit with a view to having the work completed by Easter," said Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown. "This will be an opportunity for a final input into the design before it goes out for funding bids and I urge as many people as possible to come and join us on November 26 to have a look," she added.