£1.1m for borough play areas

Inderdeep Bains • Published 10 Mar 2009 09:00

A £1.1m cash boost will transform 22 local play facilities in the Royal Borough by 2011.

The money is being provided by the Department for Children, Schools and Families' Playbuilder programme, part of the national play strategy to deliver safe, accessible and exciting play opportunities for all children and young people aged eight to 13 years old.

Cllr Simon Dudley, lead member for adult and community services, said: "We know that outdoor play is an important part of a happy and healthy childhood and the council places a high priority on providing safe, welcoming and fun play areas for our children and young people.

"This very welcome money will allow us to adopt a new and innovative approach to play provision to benefit even more youngsters in the future."

Young people already have access to 60 play areas across the borough and this additional funding means 22 of these will be transformed over the next two years.

Council officers are already working with Play England, the national support body for the Playbuilder programme, to develop a project plan for the next two years.

A total of £235m has been made available to councils throughout England as part of the Children's Plan, a 10-year strategy to make England the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up.

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This article appeared in Royal Borough Observer 10 Mar 09

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