Exeter Parkour Park Project

Through Active Devon we were presented with an opportunity to float the idea of a new parkour park in Exeter to a large group of interested parties last night. This included about 200 people from various sports clubs and communities, councillors, Exeter College, the University, community groups, providers of youth services as well as a number of young people (yes, you heard that right - real, live young people attended a council meeting). Yes, I know you wish you were there too - and if you would have liked to have come to discuss the future of your city, let us know, because I didn't know anything about it until the last minute either. In really basic terms heres the deal: Exeter is developing a new Youth Strategy having finally recognised that focusing on what young people need is key to the future of the city. I was really encouraged to see that the council actually have a large number of young councillors (didn't expect this at all) and have actively worked to ensure ...