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Foreword Foreword by the Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families, and Culture, Media and Sport We all want our children to have fun and be safe as they play. It is fundamental to the successful development of every child. Play encourages creativity, teaches children to be innovative, to learn about risk and increases their sense of independence. It is essential to children’s physical health and development, and helps children learn how to get on with each other. The Children’s Plan set out a new agenda on how our departments will work together to support children to play with the biggest ever investment in play of £225 million. We’ve now added an extra £10 million to this, meaning that over the next three years we’ll be spending £235 million on helping children to play. This is a vital investment in our children and our shared future. Every parent wants safe places for their children to play close to where they live. We need public play space that is safe but also exciting and stimulating. Play areas should be well looked after and respected by children and adults alike and all children – of all abilities and backgrounds – should be able to access them. We need children and their parents to be involved in the design of play spaces that are near where they live, and they should be able to help decide what is right for their communities. We also want people who control what happens in local areas to think about play more, including those people who work in the planning, transport, housing and environmental sectors. We want local authorities to give a high priority to supporting and promoting outdoor play, with play and public play space being seen as an essential characteristic of a healthy community. This is why, from 2009, we will introduce a new indicator on what children think about the parks and play spaces in their local area. Fair Play: A consultation on the play strategy iii
This consultation document seeks to promote discussion about how we could all do better at this and build a society with more and better opportunities for all children to play. We want to hear your views so please get involved and tell us what you want. Ed Balls Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Andy Burnham Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Fair Play: A consultation on the play strategy
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