Port Macquarie’s first Liberty Swing is expected to open in May.
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The piece of play equipment allows individuals with a disability, including those who use wheelchairs, to experience joy.
Military Brotherhood Motorcycle Club president Mark Kelly approached Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise member Peter Grob with the Liberty Swing idea.
The Rotary club backed the idea.
All Together Therapy’s Pip Cullen, who has long recognised the need for a Liberty Swing in Port Macquarie, came on board.
The team effort also involves Variety, Omnicare Alliance and Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.
Paralympian Ryley Batt is the project’s ambassador.
“For Port Macquarie to have something like this, and for all these fantastic people to get behind it, really means something,” Mr Batt said.
He said Town Beach Reserve was a fantastic location for the Liberty Swing.
Joint working group chair Peter Grob said Rotary always looked for projects that helped the community.
Acting mayor Lisa Intemann congratulated everyone involved in the project.
“This is how things are achieved by having a vision and working together,” she said.
All Together Therapy’s Pip Cullen said the swing would provide such an opportunity.
“There have been locals travelling out of town to use liberty swings and now they will be able to enjoy it on their own doorstep,” she said.
“People travelling to Port Macquarie will have the opportunity to enjoy it as well.”
Tamworth, Newcastle and Ballina have liberty swings.
Omnicare Alliance joint CEO John Carroll said Omnicare Alliance was thrilled to work with so many organisations and people who, like them, were dedicated to making a difference in our community.
Funding has been received from Omnicare Alliance, which has provided financial support for the swing’s installation, and through grants from Variety – the Children’s Charity for the swing purchase, Rotary Australia Benevolent Society and Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.