Play Areas - Maintenance Information

Information for groups maintaining outdoor play areas

Play Area Risk Assessments

For further information about risk assessing outdoor play areas, please visit the RoSPA website.

(RoSPA - Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents)

Website: www.rospa.com/playsafety/services/play_area.htm
Email: info@rospaplaysafety.co.uk

To order a risk assessment template, please email RoSPA at orders@rospaplaysafety.co.uk

Inspections of Play Areas

For information regarding inspections of outdoor play areas, please use the following link:

Website: www.rospa.com/playsafety/info/14_inspection_maintenance.htm

Protection & Improvement of Play Areas

For information on protecting fields of outdoor sports and play spaces, please visit the Fields in Trust website.

Website: www.fieldsintrust.org
Email: fields@fieldsintrust.org
Tel: 020 83753380

For information on protecting on landscaping advice for outdoor sports and play spaces, please visit the Learning through Landscapes website.

Website: www.ltl.org.uk

For examples of a creative playground design, please use the following link:

Website: Evergreen Adventure Playground, Hackney, London

Cambridgeshire Play Pathfinder - Funding Available for Play Spaces!

Cambridgeshire County Council is about to commence phase two of its Cambridgeshire Play Pathfinder Project. The Play Pathfinder, funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), has been set up to deliver new, creative and inspiring play spaces across the whole of Cambridgeshire.

The relevance and importance of play in all children and young people's lives and development is widely acknowledged. It is believed that play contributes to children and young people's physical, social, emotional, intellectual and creative development.

Having funded the development of 12 play spaces already, 16 further sites will benefit from grants of up to £50,000 to further enhance the provision of play opportunities across the county. It is hoped to encompass the design principles for a successful play space as outlined by the DCSF and Play England1. By doing so further play opportunities will be provided within a new generation of play spaces for a new generation of children and young people.

Focus will be particularly given to natural, accessible play and the provision of risk and challenge. Local children and young people will be involved in the development and design processes of their innovative new play spaces. Both are important aspects of the Cambridgeshire Play Pathfinder.

District, city, town and parish councils, together with voluntary organisations, are all eligible to apply for funding to aid the development of play spaces in their area. Applications will be open from April until August 2009. Anyone interested in the Cambridgeshire Play Pathfinder should contact Ashley List, telephone 01954 284204 e-mail Ashley.List@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk for further information.

References

1) Shackell A et al (2008) Design for Play: A Guide to Creating Successful Play Spaces. DCSF Publications.

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