Overall Bear Field Engagement 2024

📅 Date: Various dates within 2024

📍 Location of Engagements: Cowbridge Comprehensive School, Y Bont Faen Primary, Ysgol Iolo Morganwg, Coronation Picnic, Library, Leisure Centre, Filco

Facilitators: Vale of Glamorgan Council Placemaking Officers

🗣️ Who we spoke to: Schools, pupils, residents, general public

🙋 Type of engagement:

• Workshops, drop-in sessions, and informal conversations.
• Map exercises and questionnaires.
• Focus on youth spaces, sports facilities, and park improvements.

🚀 Emerging Themes

• Youth Provision: Spaces for teens to meet, play sports, and socialise.
• Sports Facilities: Modern pitches, upgraded MUGA.
• Safety & Maintenance: Clean ramps, fix broken equipment, better lighting.
• Community Spaces: Sheltered seating, and areas for events.

💬 Comments

“Make the skate park concrete and add more ramps.”

“We need a 4G football pitch or better goals.”

“There’s nothing for older kids"

“Shelter area for sitting and chatting would be great.”

“Skate park needs updating - rusty ramps.”

📢 Summary

Everyone we spoke to liked Bear Field’s location; green spaces, and existing sports areas, but most said facilities are old, needs upgrading, and there are not enough spaces for teenagers.

Top requests included:

• Upgrade the skate park (make it concrete, add ramps, improve safety).
• Better football and rugby pitches (Astro/4G surfaces, proper goals, lighting).
• Sheltered seating areas for hanging out.
• More activities for teens (basketball court, climbing wall, pump track).
• Cleaner, safer spaces (improve maintenance, add bins).