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Shane’s Inspiration’s uniquely designed playgrounds allow children of all abilities to feel that the playground was made especially for them. Each design is guided by a team of experts…the children with disabilities who use them and medical experts who work with those children every day.
To ensure that the project is truly relevant, our staff facilitates community design workshops for each playground, where children, parents, residents, civic and business leaders, healthcare professionals, educators, and others have the opportunity to dream up their ideal playground. We help them explore play elements, landscaping ideas, recreation needs, and aesthetic values. The community members then narrow down the elements that are the highest priority.
We then work with government agencies to make sure those playground elements fit the project scope, their master plan, and maintenance needs. Our Director of Design also consults with our 20 plus Professional Advisory Board members — a team of experts in medicine, rehabilitation, psychology, education, and other industries—to combine these real-world needs with proven therapeutic and child development theories and existing disability research. Weaving all of this input together, our landscape architectural team works to transform the space into a rich, thriving recreation resource that will have children throughout the community saying, “Mom, can you take me to My PlaygroundSM today?!”
Building a Universally Accessible Playground sounds like a big job, but
it's a really simple science. And Shane’s Inspiration is here to help
you every step of the way.
Our experienced staff can guide you in everything from choosing a site to planning the grand opening celebration!
Here’s a brief overview of the services we offer:
1. Project development guidance from project conception to completion.
2. Assistance in playground and conceptual design, which includes a
community-driven design process that incorporates the needs of a wide
variety of stakeholders: children with and without disabilities,
parents, business and civic leaders, educators, and medical
professionals, among others.
3. Fundraising support: guidance in foundation and corporate
solicitations, individual donor cultivation, special events, and
government funding.
4. Project promotion through our existing public relations channels as well as community outreach.
5. Project management that includes site plan review, budgeting, timeline, and contractor/vendor management.
6. Community events: includes support in planning your grand opening celebration and other high-profile community events.
7. Programming: support in developing community outreach, education,
and transportation programs that ensure maximum usage of your
Universally Accessible Playground.
For more information contact Brad Thornton at 818-988-5676 or brad@shanesinspiration.org.
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