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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.
City of Wolverhampton Council is supporting local people to activate playing out in the city, starting with two pilot streets in Whitmore Reans in November 2019. City of Wolverhampton Council have recently launched a policy and process for residents to start playing out and have bought kits from us to help streets get started. 15 streets have now played out!
The council policy information is here and the application form is here. You can contact the council on letsplayout@wolverhampton.
You can read a local article about play streets in Wolverhampton here.
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Image from 2014 Telegraph story on Playing Out and street play
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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