London Play

Working for a capital where all children can play

Creating strong & prosperous communities

Play Associations and Play Strategy managers need to engage with the new strategic decision making processes being set up for local areas by central government.

Sustainable Community Strategies managed by Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP) in each borough are how it will be done. Local Area Agreements (LAA) will be the way improvement is measured, and from April 2009 there will be a new LAA specifically designed for quantifying play improvements, negotiated by Play England.

See the download below for details.

Added May 2009:
World Class Places
This document outlines the Government's commitment to improving the places where people live. It lays out why and how quality of place matters and the practical steps the Government will be taking to create prosperous, attractive, distinctive, inclusive and sustainable world-class places. It includes many references to the importance of play space and playable space for children: link