THE youngest members of our community have been having their say on the future projects the council is hoping to implement.
Councillors and staff recently visited St Michael’s Primary School in Lyme Regis and Mrs Ethelston’s Primary School in Uplyme as part of the council’s Community Conversation.
The town council is speaking to the local community about potential projects for 2027 and beyond, sharing some of its own proposals and also inviting new ideas from local residents, organisations, and businesses.
At St Michael’s Primary School, the council representatives met with the year 6 class, and at Mrs Ethelston’s they spoke to children from various age groups, including the School Council.
The students were brimming with ideas and enthusiasm, as they shared their thoughts and visions for making our community even better.
The youngsters want the council to improve the mini golf area, install a playground in the seafront gardens, create a cycle path, build a swimming pool, and install more maps around the town for visitors.
They also thought about others in the community, with ideas including more play equipment for disabled children, a quiet space for ‘when people are quite tired or it is too loud’, a smoking area for adults ‘so that children don’t breathe in smoke’, more water bowls for dogs, and more water fountains.
Some of their more outlandish ideas included a zipwire across the sea, laser tag, a go-cart track, a Nerf gun area, a train along the seafront, and an inflatable obstacle course in the sea.
The mayor, Cllr Philip Evans said: “It was a pleasure to speak to the pupils, they had some excellent ideas which us grown-ups may not have the vision and creativity to even imagine!
“These young people are the future of our town, it’s their town we’re looking after, so it’s important we get them involved, hear what they have to say, and show them we’re listening.
“I’m confident we will be able to make some of their ideas a reality.”
The council also spoke to the regulars at the Talking Cafe in Hallett Court and held a drop-in session at the Woodmead Halls, when councillors were available to talk through the council’s own ideas and gather new ones.
The Community Conversation survey can be completed online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/communityconversation26.
Paper copies are also available at the town council offices, community cafes, and the library.
The closing date for submissions is Sunday 30 August, to allow the council to consider the feedback before setting its objectives in the autumn.