The skate park at Stanley Park is getting brand new floodlights, meaning people can use the area all year round.
It will make a big difference during winter - when it's usually dark when skaters finish school or work.
It will make a big difference during winter - when it's usually dark when skaters finish school or work.
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00:00 As soon as we get into winter when we've got early loss of light at half three, four o'clock
00:06 in the afternoon, the lighting will be the difference between people using it or not.
00:11 So it just opens up the usage.
00:12 It gives everybody a chance that you're home from school, you're home from college, you're
00:16 home from work, you can still get out and have a skate because it's going to be safe
00:21 too.
00:22 It'll also increase the whole safety aspect of the skate park.
00:28 Nobody wants to hang around somewhere dark at night.
00:30 There are people about that shouldn't be.
00:32 Put some lights on, keeps them people away.
00:35 One of the biggest funders that we had for the skate park was Sport England, so they
00:39 granted £150,000 towards this.
00:42 And one of the requirements of that funding was that we looked at lighting for the park.
00:46 So we knew we had to look at that, but the costs involved in that were significant.
00:51 So we've had to do additional fundraising, working closely with Blackpool Council as
00:54 well, so we managed to get an additional £10,000 from the Police and Crime Commissioner for
00:59 Lancashire towards the lighting, and then Blackpool Council are very good to have...
01:03 And the Tesco's Bag for Life.
01:05 Tesco's Bag for Life and remaining funds that we had from the other fundraising.
01:09 There's six stanchions going up, three across this end and three across the far end, which
01:16 should, we're told, light up the whole skate park and the solar power.
01:20 And the planning permission's in for them now, and as far as we're aware, as soon as
01:25 the planning permission is granted, let's hope it is, don't see why not, we've already
01:28 got lighting elsewhere, that everything should roll and be working before next winter.