Work has started on a fantastic new nature-friendly building at Poole Farm.
The Paddock Cabin will be a made nearly entirely of wood and will act as space for youth clubs, nature-based education and eco-therapy sessions.
Built on stilts to minimise ecological impact to the field and enable livestock to graze underneath, designs show a large balcony, a green roof with native wildflower plants as well as a rainwater harvesting system.
The cabin will have a large outdoor balcony with views of the river, pond and woodlands and in time will be available as a venue for events.
Councillor Tom Briars-Delve, Cabinet Member for the Environment and Climate Change, was on site last week to see the first ground broken.
Tom said: "I'm really excited to see work begin on the cabin, which I know will be so well used by people of all generations.
"Poole Farm is such a fantastic resource for our city and it is immensely satisfying to see the vision of the Derriford Community Park realised with additions like this."
The Paddock Cabin is being financed by the Youth Investment Fund, which is funded by the UK Government and delivered by Social Investment Business, in partnership with Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance. The Youth Investment Fund is part of the Government’s National Youth Guarantee to transform and level up opportunities for young people in England.
The Youth Investment Fund, of over £300 million, aims to build, renovate, or extend youth services in the parts of the country where new spaces and new opportunities are most needed.
Building work on the cabin will finish later this Spring.
