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The Atlantic!We’ve added a pin for every area where parents, residents, a community organisation or the council (and ideally, all of them together) are starting to change things for children through play streets and related ideas. The movement is growing! See what’s happening near you by entering the name of your local authority (council) in the box below. For more support on play streets and to connect with the play streets movement see our Support for play streets page.
Please note: these pages were last updated in summer 2024.
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This area is a Play Street Beacon, which means there are individual play street experts you can contact in this area for advice and support in your area. Click on the link for more information on our Beacon areas.
The council are interested in supporting street play here, but there’s no official policy just yet. They’ve held a few trials which were really successful!
If you want to try and get things started here, see our tips here for how to get your council on board.
Get connected to the wider movement and find support here.
Alice Ferguson posted this on 10/09/24
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playingout posted this on 10/09/24
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