Wem: New Childrens Play Cafe opens up: Betsy's Little Woodland.

Shropshire Star

We take a look at a brand new Sensory packed childrens Play cafe that has opened in Wem, Betsy's Little Woodland.

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00:00Here at Betsy's Little Woodland in Wem and you are the queen of the wood.

00:04Tess, how are you? I'm alright, thank you.

00:07It's a brand new business. It is, yeah. So what is it? What have we got here?

00:12So I've always been extremely passionate about sensory play and I wanted to bring that to life

00:18here. There are lots of interactive things, textured walls, different scents, lots and lots

00:26of things for children to explore. I've always enjoyed the benefits of sensory play, not just

00:31for children but for adults as well. It's hugely beneficial. So we have worked really hard to put

00:38this together on the woodland scene, but we also have a sensory room as well.

00:43The sensory room's great, isn't it? I could happily spend an hour in there just chilling out.

00:47Yeah, it's great for the end of the day, but a few times I've been five minutes in there just to decompress.

00:53Definitely. And what about opening times then? When are you open, Tess?

00:57So we have two sessions during the week. It's 9.30 till 12 and 12.30 till 3 and we are open Tuesday to Sunday.

01:05Awesome work. And it must have took a lot of work. Like I said, there's loads of little intricate

01:10little bits all over the place, isn't there?

01:12Yes, about four days in the entrance, I think, individually sticking on these flowers. But worth it

01:18at the end. I'm really pleased with the outcome.

01:20Great. Well, the kids are loving it and that says it all, doesn't it? So well done, Tess,

01:24and we wish you all the best with the venture.

01:25Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

01:27Hello, I'm Daniel Carey, Mayor of WEM. Delighted to be here today for the opening of this wonderful

01:32new facility for the residents of WEM and in particularly the smaller ones.

01:35Yeah, they're loving it, aren't they? Absolutely loving it. And does it fill a gap then that was

01:40needed in WEM?

01:41Oh, yes. So something like this here at the moment at all.

01:44Yeah.

01:44I mean, there are nursery facilities, but this is far more of a niche.

01:49And if people want to find it, it's above the library. That's the easiest way of saying

01:53it, isn't it? Yes, yes. In the main car park above the library,

01:55you can't miss.

01:56That's it. Entrance door just round the side.

01:59Yeah.

01:59Why didn't they have stuff like this when we were kids?

02:02You know, yes.

02:03It wasn't, was that?

02:04No, it was climbing up a tree and falling out of it. That was fairly sensory.

02:08Yeah, yeah. Cool. So you're here today just to kind of welcome the new business to the town.

02:13Yes, always pleased to see a new business coming to WEM.

02:16Good stuff. Great stuff. Well, we'll let you have a go on the slide.

02:18Woo! Look at that. Is that fun in here? What do you think of it? You having fun?

02:28Yes.

02:29Yeah?

02:29Stop!

02:32Wait, do you want to have this?

02:35Oh, look.

02:36What's that?

02:38Woo!

02:40It's a stop.

02:41What's this?

02:43Here it is!

02:44What's this?

02:48Wow!

02:51What?

02:51I don't know who this is!

02:58Are you having fun up there, lads?

03:00Yes.

03:01Are you having a good time up there?

03:02Yeah.

03:03Yeah? What's your favourite bit, then?

03:05Is it the fast slide?

03:07No.

03:07What are we calling this? It's the treehouse?

03:10Yeah, are you going to give it a name? Come up with a name. Go on, what should we call it?

03:17Head Bar. What's that? Head Bar.

03:21Head Bar. I'm making it Head Bar Strawberry.

03:27That's a good name to be out there, I'll go with that.

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