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Latest news from the
world
of
play in Manchester UK
Manchester Kids are gearing up for the great outdoors as the City scoops a Big Lottery award of £1,475,135 for the Enjoy Manchester Project. The money will fund projects that give young people access to free supervised play opportunities in areas across Manchester, including parks and open spaces. One of the schemes, Enjoy Parks, will bring together six local voluntary sector groups in partnership with the City Council to provide year round, weekend and early evening supervised adventure play sessions in parks. The other scheme, Enjoy Together, will engage children and young people with additional support needs to attend local play provision.
This grant has been awarded as part of the Big Lottery Fund support to children's play through £155 million total grants.
£124 is being allocated through the Children's Play Programme to every local authority in England, with a further
£16 million through the Playful Ideas programme which focusses on innovation, and
£15 million grant being allocated to the Children's Play Council, part of the National Children's bureau to fund England wide development and support.
Nine-year-old Ben Bridge thinks it's just Parktastic. That was the name invented by Ben for the city-wide play project made possible by the lottery grant.
On Tuesday night (6 November) Ben, who attends the Addy adventure playground in Wythenshawe, was awarded a prize for winning a competition to name the play project. He received a £30 voucher - just in time for Christmas - and an insect box in which he can collect creepy crawlies.
Six volunteer groups, 4CT, Parent Carers Consultative Group, Wythenshawe Community Initiative, South Manchester Partnership, Manchester Young Lives and the Family Welfare Association will provide play opportunities for children and young people aged between five and 14 in parks and open spaces after school and at weekends.
The Parktastic event was launched in Manchester Town Hall's Great Hall between 5pm and 6.30pm on Tuesday night, where prizes were handed out to Ben and three runners-up.
The Great Hall was transformed into a make-believe park when four gazebos were set up for the launch.
The Executive Member for Parks on Manchester City Council, Councillor Mike Kane, who awarded the prizes said: "As Ben says, this project really is Parktastic. Any project that gets children and young people enjoying themselves and getting exercise in the fresh air is to be welcomed."
For further information on the Parktastic project, please contact Jacqueline Naraynsingh on 0161 274 6502.
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The final version of Manchester's "Play Strategy" document is available for download from here.
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The Children’s Plan, announced by the Children’s Secretary, Ed Balls to the House of Commons on 11 December, includes £225 million of new government funding over three years for 3,500 playgrounds to be rebuilt or renewed and made more accessible to disabled children. The plan also promises a wide-ranging national play strategy next year, to include training for 4,000 playworkers. A Play Pathfinder programme will also pilot 30 new staffed adventure playgrounds or supervised play parks and look for innovative approaches to promoting and supporting playable space and community involvement in play provision. The plan encourages more Home Zones, greater use of 20mph speed limits and the promotion of outdoor play where children can learn how to manage risks. It national play strategy will be cross-departmental, led by the Department’s for Children, Schools and Families and Culture, Media and Sport but with the significant engagement of The Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Health which will produce the first ever child health strategy next year.
Adrian Voce, director of Play England, said: ‘this visionary plan is fantastic news for children, families and communities. For the play sector in England, it signifies the achievement of decades of hard work, dedication and commitment to children’s right to play. Massive credit is due to play researchers, academics, service providers and play practitioners, who have remained true to the cause through times when play did not seem much of a priority. We also owe a big debt of thanks to the Big Lottery Fund whose bold and strategic Children’s Play Initiative has allowed local authorities and play advocates to show what could be achieved. The government has looked long and hard not just at the benefits of good play provision, but also at the sector’s ability to deliver it. The response is a resounding vote of confidence and, more importantly, a landmark in child policy, which now has embedded within it as a first principal that society owes children the right to enjoy their childhood.’
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Free Deaf Awareness Training By Manchester Deaf Centre
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