Miracle Design and Play Ltd are pleased to announce the appointment of their new SalesManager, Keith Parker, to their expanding team. Keith has been in the Leisure industry for over 32 years, following a professional sports career, and is now looking forward to bringing this wealth of experience to the new challenge that lies ahead at Miracle.

Keith, pictured being welcomed to Miracle’s Northampton Head Office by Managing Director Richard Howard, commented on his new position “Miracle have always been a well respected company within in the industry, with clear objectives and a great team working hard to achieve these, so I had no hesitation in joining when offered the position.  I am really excited about the huge range of products and services Miracle can provide, as well as the new customer base I will be working with”

For further details on Miracle Design and Play’s products and service please call 01604 658240 or www.miracledesignandplay.co.uk

Miracle Design and Play Ltd are pleased to announce the release of their brand new product range: Natural Urban Edge. Natural Urban Edge was inspired by the outdoors and all the fun activities that happen there. This takes both urban and natural features from the environment and fuses them into one new and exciting play experience, with the added benefit of the lifespan of an engineered product.

The NU-Edge play components simulate nature and instil into children the fun and excitement of exploring the outdoors. Natural play settings have been proven to help children better interact with each other increase their moderate to vigorous activity. NU-Edge incorporates modern and sophisticated design fused with a rugged, adventurous look that speaks directly to kids. Natural components include the big fun rock, arched log climber, log slice climber, tree stump climber, and the tree climber.

For further details on Miracle Design and Play’s products and service please call 01604 658240 or www.miracledesignandplay.co.uk

A recently installed Miracle playground at a local allotment in Northampton has become a huge success and has received an accolade at a recent award ceremony. The revolutionary project, the first at an allotment in Northampton, was designed to encourage an interest in gardening and the environment from a young age and has seen a huge increase in young people using the facility.

Some of the most deserving groups in Northamptonshire were recognised by a charity foundation for the good work they do in the community. The winners of the Northamptonshire Community Foundation Annual Awards were revealed at a ceremony at the Northampton School for Boys. The presentation evening marked the charity’s 10th birthday and since their launch they have distributed £5 million to more than 2,000 organisations.

The St David’s Allotment Association, in St David’s, Northampton, received the Strengthening Community award at the ceremony. The allotment features an orchard and a play and sports area, which was created by the group following a grant from the foundation.

Miracle Design and Play were selected to come up with an area suitable for children from 2-12 years on a tight budget. Working with the Allotment group Miracle came up with a robust and innovative design that catered for all ages and abilities and allowed the tight budget to be stretched to give the users exactly what they were looking for.

More than 70 young people regularly visit the allotment play area and it has become a real focal point for the allotment users.

For further information please contact Miracle Design and Play on 01604 658240 or visit www.miracledesignandply.co.uk

DESIGNER

Owing to business and market growth Miracle Design and Play Ltd wish to recruit a Designer to produce our bespoke play solutions for our various clients across the UK and Europe.

You will be joining an established UK organisation with the back-up of a dedicated internal sales, technical support and design team.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

·         Working in conjunction with the UK sales and support team, turning their design briefs and requests into exciting and innovative designs proposals.

·         Accurately costing design requests.

·         Produce 3D visuals and graphical illustrations for our clients.

·         Formalise and prepare tender documents for submission to clients.

·         Produce technical specifications to guide our installation teams whilst on-site.

Person Specification 

·         We require a driven individual with a can do attitude, they will also need a creative eye, to be a team player and have a flexible approach to their work. 

·         The successful candidate should be proficient in the use of AUTOCAD, with experience of 3DS Max or similar preferred, but not essential. 

·         This role incorporates compilation of project costing's and quotes, and therefore numeracy and accuracy would be considered essential skills.

·         Experience of play area design and the associated safety standards would be advantageous, but training can be provided so not essential.

Why join this company?

We Offer:

·         The opportunity to join us at an exciting stage of our growth and a market that is massively expanding.

·         A well established, financially stable company with clearly defined plans for growth

·         This is an important appointment and as such, a very competitive package is available for the right person.

Contact us

If you would like to start your career with an extremely varied and challenging role, please send or email your current remuneration package and CV to: julie.howard@miracledandp.co.uk or Julie Howard, Miracle Design and Play Ltd, 14 Duncan Close, Moulton Park, Northampton, NN3 6WL. Tel: 01604 658240

Miracle Design and Play while working together with Wiltshire County Council have recently opened a thrilling new playground in Stallard Street Recreation ground. The project was realised through using some of the councils recent 1.1 million pound government grant. The New playground has revitalised the play facilities for the park and fits alongside the skate park.

The new playground is sure to attract children of all ages with its two impressive multi units. The larger being a challenging youth unit with a 6ft 6 centre stage maximising the challenge and opportunities for play, with an exhilarating spiral slide coming from the deck. There are also many climbers leading to the deck each providing their own unique challenges and then moving across a cargo net bridge into a 4m Webscape climber. 

Within the youth area there is also a Maypole providing fantastic dynamic movement through its angled rotator, allowing the children to get up great speed, developing exciting flowing play. There are also a set of three swings that can be enjoyed by all.

The toddler multi unit is a colourful experience allowing for development and discovery for the younger children. It has many varied climbers including a climbing wall, tot rock climber leading into two exciting slides, one a large side-by-side slide for combined play and the other a smaller single slide. There are more opportunities for discovery, with the popular Miracle talk tubes and the two colourful springers.  

Miracle Design and Play, together with the Friends of Northampton Racecourse have unveiled their second play area development on Northampton Racecourse this year. The Dragon Mounds are sure to be a hit with local residents combining natural play with contemporary feature play pieces to create a realistic dragon design.  

The design includes dynamic pieces such as Miracle’s famous dish rotator and an impressive pendulum swing, which nestles within the impressive grass mounds, lined with timber sleepers to create the dragons back. Set off by a bespoke designed dragon’s head, hand carved by a local timber artist, the new dragon mounds play area really is a sight to behold.

The opening event, which took place on Friday 26^th November 2010, saw over 100 children from Castle Primary School attending, excited to be the first to try out the new equipment.  

Steve Summers from the Friends of Northampton Racecourse said this of the project:

"The new Dragon Play Area on Northampton Racecourse is a fantastic space for children to use their imagination and to have fun.  It's been very productive to work with Miracle Design & Play to create an area that uses natural resources such as the dragon's grassed humps and sculptured head, alongside some innovative and exciting pieces of play equipment....Miracle's approachable and professional attitude has enabled the play area to be a tremendous success to be enjoyed by local people for many years to come."

We will be giving away 3 iPOD Nano’s in our prize draw of all those who find the hidden Miracle man and send their details in.

Village youngsters were disappointed when their old wooden fort play area was banned on health and safety grounds during 2008. As a result, the fort was pulled down in November 2008. A group of village volunteers started the “Play East Haddon Project” and after much hard work, together with the assistance of Miracle Design and Play Limited, their new exciting play area was recently opened to replace the old wooden fort.

The village volunteers worked extremely hard to secure funding from Daventry District Council by way of capital grant funding and from the Government’s Playbuilder Scheme. The final project value was £63,000.

Miracle Design and Play Limited have since been awarded two other Playbuilder Schemes within the county. They are currently completing a play area on the playing fields in the village of Harpole with a Grand Opening in December. In addition, Miracle will be undertaking an installation at the prestigious destination of the Racecourse, Northampton which will be ready for use in March 2010.

For further information call 01604 658240 or sales@miracledandp.co.uk

2010 brought about the show debut of Miracle Design and Play at Playfair, showcasing the tallest play structure at the exhibition - it really was a must see for visiting children! The bespoke bamboo themed unit peaked at over 5 metres, with a 3.8 metre spiral slide which was a particular hit with all the children and many of the adults!! The unit had a whopping 34 user capacity and incorporated 6 unique play features.

Miracle also exhibited their new Rotating Dish, a product aimed to promote teamwork and physical exercise to spin the net faster and faster. To celebrate the release of this exciting new product, Miracle held a free prize draw to give away a brand new Rotating Dish. There were hundreds of entries and the draw took place at 4pm on the final day of the show. The lucky winner’s ticket was drawn by David Yearly, Head of Play Safety at Rospa and our congratulations go to the lucky winner - Kevin Harrington of Test Valley Borough Council. The product will be on its way to Kevin shortly as a welcome addition to the Council’s next play area project - watch this space for further details!

Kevin Harrington the Parks & Countryside Manager of Test Valley Borough Council said of winning the prize draw:

“My experience at Playfair 2010 was hugely memorable thanks to Miracle Design & Play Ltd. Not only was I thoroughly impressed by their products and team but I was also lucky enough to win the fantastic ‘Dish Rotator’ unit they kindly raffled off. This unit will be located in one of our premier sites and we anticipate excited youngsters swarming over it as was seen at Playfair.  Following our highly positive Miracle experience we are looking to the future of play in Test Valley and hope that Miracle Design & Play Ltd will be a part of it”.

For further information call 01604 658240 or sales@miracledandp.co.uk

The opening of the refurbished South Street play are in Ellistown, took place on the 17th April. The project aimed to completely transform the run-down and tired play area into a fun, safe and natural environment, which attracted young children. The £90,000 project was funded through the Governments Playbuilder scheme, the Sence Valley Environmental Improvement Forum and Ellistown and Battleflat Parish Council and saw local children given the opportunity to work with the parish council and North West Leicestershire District Council to choose the equipment and design of the new play space.

The project won by Miracle Design and Play Limited involved the removal off all the existing equipment and surfacing returning the once tarmac area back into a green space ready for the exciting new play space. The new play space caters for all age ranges, with small Toddler play unit and balancing trail at the top of the site. A pathway that wanders down the site incorporates a picnic area and leads through to a bespoke multi-play unit connecting to a 4M high pyramid net and a 630 degree spiral slide. The area also has a 25m ropeway and a bird’s nest swing.

The official opening saw over 100 children in attendance who had been eagerly awaiting the completion of the project. The new play area was enjoyed by all on the hot summer like day with other activities run by the local play rangers.

Miracle Design and Play Limited are proud to add the South Street play area to a broadening portfolio of natural play spaces, with the completion of the prestigious destination of the Racecourse in Northampton a matter of weeks away from opening.

Deep amongst the rainforest, panda and oriental magic of Playfair 2010, Miracle Design and Play were pleased to reveal their brand new themed product range. Miracle’s exclusive naturally themed range gives every piece of equipment its own unique hand crafted look. Miracle can offer realistic finishes including bamboo, planting, timber and stone - applied by their own in-house airbrush artist - to each piece of equipment. This gives each item a truly bespoke feel. As well as being able to customise the actual adventure unit, you can now also customise the unit’s finish to make it exactly fit within its environment.

Richard Howard, Managing Director, said of the new range “It has been really exciting to have such a great reaction to the new range of finishes which has really created some interest in the product. This is the first time it has been showcased but it has certainly been a very positive response thus far. We look forward to putting the first products into our clients’ schemes.”

The bespoke nature of Miracle’s product range coupled with 100 year warranties and unique product finishes makes this range an exciting, superb addition to any play area.

For further information call 01604 658240 or email sales@miracledandp.co.uk