09/10/2026
At our last monthly meeting, the Council gave permission for Ryedale Special Families to use the Community Park for their Big Push 24 Hours Playground Challenge! They are holding this challenge to fundraise for a standard swing, and a basket swing to be installed at their Pickering site.
The RSF team will be spending 24 hours on the swings, and are asking for people to support them by having a go on the swings, donating, or even just sharing the event.
They offer an invaluable service to our community, and we hope this fundraiser goes well!
📢 We need your help please 📢
From 10am Saturday 24 October we're asking Ryedale Special Families supporters to join our playground challenge! We're spending 24 hours on the swings at Woodlands Park in Pickering, to fundraise for our own 😄
Could you give us a ‘big push’ to help us purchase an inclusive basket swing and standard playground swing?
You can get involved by:
✅ Taking part - come along and have a go on the swings, we'd love for lots of people to join in the challenge
✅ Fundraising - ask your family, friends, colleagues to sponsor you for a shift on the swings! (Night owls would be very welcome to keep our Lead Fundraiser, Kirsty, company in the wee hours!)
✅ Donating - every pound will help us reach our target
✅ Sharing - help us spread the word
We are extremely thankful for Pickering Town Council allowing us to use Woodlands Park for this challenge ☺️ (and we promise not to disturb local residents - we won't be noisy overnight 😴).
We are also very grateful to Malton Town Council for kick-starting our fundraising, with their generous £500 donation 🫶
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/rsf-big-push
