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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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Active area
Currently we don’t know of anything that people or the local authority are actively doing in this area so that children can play out more in the places where they live.
If you live in the area and want to get things going, see our tips on how to get your council on board. Find support, information, guidance and stories here.
If you live in the Welwyn Hatfield area, street closures are dealt with by Hertfordshire county council.
Hertfordshire County Council has agreed a pilot of monthly playing out session on a street in Tring. This has now been running for a number of years. We are really keen for other streets to apply so that a county wide application policy can be formalised.
Please see the video and contact details here http://playingout.net/herts/
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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