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Play England, Glamis Adventure Playground
Play England
3.9
Thirty play pathfinders will receive additional funding to develop a large adventure
playground or playpark for 8–13 year olds in disadvantaged areas – open-access, with
children generally free to come and go as they please, and free of charge. Picking up messages
from Time to Talk, some pathfinders will explore a model of ‘adventure playparks’ to better
enable family use of parks and green spaces through sites where a range of adventure play,
organised activities and wider facilities are on offer for children, young people and families to
enjoy together.
Involving children, families and communities
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3.11
In all our work on play, we want local communities to be at the heart of delivery, through the
involvement of community and voluntary groups, and through consultation with children,
young people and parents. In particular, as we roll out our new funding to local authorities, we
will expect them to invite proposals and bids from local groups as part of their planning and
commissioning, and to involve children, families and communities in the design of new spaces
for play. We will involve a wide range of local representatives from communities, local
MPs, faith groups, residents’ associations, district and town councils, and local parents’
groups as part of the consultation.
Voluntary and community groups make a critical contribution to the quantity and quality of
play opportunities, and are especially significant in making play accessible to all children, and in
identifying needs that might otherwise go unmet. Through offering a focus for action, play can
help to regenerate local areas and strengthen communities’ confidence. We will promote
community and third sector involvement as the capital programme rolls out. In addition,
we will embed play into work at national and local level to support community
empowerment and the third sector.
28 Fair Play: A consultation on the play strategy