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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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Residents in Stockport can apply for a temporary street play order to close their street for kids to play. You can read the guidance notes and download an application form here. When the policy was introduced in 2013, Manchester Evening News reported on it.
Sustainable Living in the Heatons have been working to support play streets in The Heatons.
If you’d like to speak with someone at the council you can contact Jon Brown, Traffic Manager at Stockport Council on [email protected].
Link up with others and get peer support.
Here’s a great clip from BBC North West of parent activator Holly Beasley‘s street playing out in June 2019!
Alice Ferguson posted this on 10/09/24
The government is consulting on a major set of policies for planning in England, which will have huge impact on children’s lives, including their ability to play out near home….
playingout posted this on 10/09/24
No Ball Games! We’re all familiar with these signs around housing estates and other city spaces where children and play are not wanted. They sound specific, but in fact they…
Windmill Hill City Farm
Philip Street
Bristol
BS3 4EA
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