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Parents of Southport attack victims at school playground opening
The memorial playground includes a library, performance space, and play areas funded by over £370,000 raised by the community to honor the victims.
- On Wednesday, Churchtown Primary School, Southport, Merseyside, will unveil a playground built as a lasting legacy to two victims as classmates return to school.
- Alice's parents proposed the playground, and a fundraising project launched earlier this year exceeded its initial target of 250,000 pounds, raising more than 370,000 from over 13,500 donations.
- Murals and installations include hopeful artworks by local artist Tony Wynne, featuring a three-ballet-dancer piece tied to pupil Della Potter's poem, plus play facilities like a stage with sound and light and a cycle track in the early years playground.
- Benches and plaques provide calm, reflective spaces with Alice da Silva Aguiar and Bebe King's names on heart-shaped plaques and a shelter inscription memorialising them. The school said quiet nooks and benches will support wellbeing by offering places to sit and reflect.
- As a lasting legacy, the project titled "Our journey for Alice" was inspired by a poem compiled by Jinnie Payne, headteacher, and school leaders call it a "gift of play and happiness for generations to come," thanking the Churchtown Primary School community and wider Southport contributors.
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