Sun Safe Parks Coming To Brisbane Mentoring Program Calls for Military Kids

Picabeen Youth Team are working on a Peer Mentoring Program, dedicated to helping students from families involved in the Australian Defence Force.

If you are a student with a lived experience of Defence Force life in years 10-12, the Picabeen Youth team would love you to be part of their Peer Mentoring program.

The initial phase of the program will begin in week five of term one. In term two they will welcome years 5-8 to participate and be mentored.

For more information, please call Picabeen Community Centre on 3354 2555 or refer to their website https://picabeen.org. au/ . The program will run out of our Community Centre at 22 Hoben Street Mitchelton.

Shade Sails are an effective way to help keep our children safe whilst out playing in the park.

However a recent study conducted by the NPPS (National Program for Playground Safety) evaluated sun protection on playgrounds in Australia. Only three percent of the playgrounds that were assessed had full protection from the hottest times of the day from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thirty percent of the sites had minimal shade, and 67 percent of the public playgrounds that were assessed were fully exposed during the sun’s hottest hours.

Based on these results, here at Echo News, we were delighted to hear that Brisbane City Council are producing a ‘Sun Safe Suburban Playgrounds’ program aimed at making local parks sun-safe for our children by installing shade sails at playgrounds across Brisbane.

The program will see over 50 shade sails installed, and trees planted at parks across the Brisbane City Council region within the next 12 months. The new initiative and investment will help keep playground equipment cool while making local parks safer for kids to play, learn and grow. The accelerated program will also see an increase in trees planted to create a cleaner, greener Brisbane while providing a great source of shade. Some local playgrounds to receive sunshade over the next 12 months under program include; Beckett Road Park (Mcdowall) Bliss Street Park (Gaythorne), Broula Park (Stafford Heights), Ferny Grove Picnic Ground Park (Ferny Grove), Harry Kirby Park (Aspley), Kings Park (Keperra).

A full list of parks can be found on our website, https://echonews.com.au/sun-safe-parks-coming-to-brisbane-city/