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What it's all about
My local area is really lacking in a decent children's play area. There used to be one but for some reason it got taken down. There is another one nearby but this seems to have been taken over by teenagers and older children. There is also a pavillion nearby which is used by a local playgroup so there I think a playground would be appreciated. Just wondering about how I could put this idea into action really...
What's needed to make it a reality
Knowledge from someone about how to set a play area up to begin with...
Comments
Do you want to get a play area built in the same place where the old one was taken down? When you say the other one has been taken over by teenagers and older children do you just mean in the evenings or all the time?
In order to turn this idea into reality you'll need funding! In some cases (including the lottery) the money is distibuted through local authorities so you won't need to apply to the council separately. There are quite a few opportunities to get money for local community play/sports projects...why not have a look at these:
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www.biglotteryfund.org.uk £155 million England wide Children's Play initiative
The Big Lottery Fund's £155 million England wide Children's Play initiative aims to:
1. create, improve and develop children and young people's free local play spaces and opportunities throughout England, according to need
2. support innovation and new ways of providing for children's play
3. create a support and development infrastructure to ensure local agencies have the resources and skills to achieve the first two aims
4. promote the long-term strategic and sustainable provision for play as a free public service to children
5. ensure that local authorities work with other local stakeholders to develop children's play strategies and plans
6. ensure that good, inclusive and accessible children's play services and facilities are provided locally.
Also have a look at: www.playengland.org.uk
Play England is a five-year project to promote strategies for free play and to create a lasting support structure for play providers in England. It's supported by the Big Lottery Fund.
Play England's aim is for all children and young people in England to have regular access and opportunity for free, inclusive, local play provision and play space. Their objectives are to:
1. promote local play strategies
2. build partnerships for play
3. research and demonstrate the benefits of play
4. promote equality and diversity in play provision
5. raise awareness and promote standards
www.awardsforall.org.uk
Awards for All is a Lottery grant scheme for local communities. There are different schemes for each of the four countries of the UK and they are funded by organisations such as the Arts Council, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, Sport England, etc.
Grants are awarded for sums between £300 and £10,000 for projects that promote education, the environment and health of the local community.
www.communityfoundations.org.uk
Community foundations are charitable trusts that support local community causes. Their role is to manage donor funds as well as make grants to charities and community groups, linking local donors with local needs. Created by and for local people they help donors express their long-term interest in an area and its needs. Community foundations have been active in the UK since the 1980s and a rapidly growing network of approximately 60 foundations is now established across the country. About 90% of the UK population has access to a community foundation.
There are a few more links from London Play as well...
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Have a look in to those...see if there's one you'd like to apply to and let us know if you would like any further help or advice! If you do apply then good luck...
Cheers,
Zoë
Organisations are invited to bid for funding of between £75,000 and £250,000 for capital projects which will make a real difference to their community especially community regenerational projects that will breathe new life into tired and rundown facilties or provide much needed new amenities.
Projects could include:
* Play areas, skateparks and multi-use games areas
* Public parks, community gardens or country parks
* Community centres, village halls and youth centres
* Nature reserves or community woodlands
* Sports centres and recreation grounds
* Museums and visitors centres
To qualify projects must be site-based and located within 10 miles of any landfill site in one of the following areas:
* Bedfordshire
* Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
* Cambridgeshire
* Cheshire
* Conwy
* Cumbria
* Derbyshire
* Edinburgh and Midlothian
* Glasgow and North Lanarkshire
* Halton and Warrington
* Humber (includes North East Lincolnshire and
* North Lincolnshire)
* Kent
* Lincolnshire
* Norfolk
* North & West Yorkshire
* Northamptonshire
* Nottinghamshire
* Oxfordshire and Berkshire
* South Yorkshire
* Suffolk
* Warwickshire and West Midlands
* Wrexham
* West Glamorgan
wren.org.uk/how-to-apply/wrg-challenge
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