In 2008, London Play embarked on an ambitious project to create new play opportunities for children in London, right on their doorstep. With funding from the Big Lottery secured, and working with Play Association partners in Lambeth, Tower Hamlets and Hounslow the project went on to exceed it's target of 100 street play parties across the capital.
A broad aim of the project was to kick-start a resurgence of outdoor, local play - a sight
once common on the capital's residential streets. Feedback taken at all the 100+ parties
indicated that children want to be able to play locally with their friends but they,
like the adults who were also questioned, both cited traffic as the key factor in making play outside too risky.
What also found out that:
A single event can have a long-term, positive impact on
streets previously considered by residents as unfriendly.
Most people resent the way in which motor vehicle traffic
has reduced the street from a social place to a car park.
Over-cautiousness by council officials can be overcome
through combined community persistence and commonsense.
Children help to make adult neighbourliness and friendships
- social interaction is one of the cornerstones of wellbeing.
The project won 'Children and Young People Now's' prestigious 'play' award and received positive media coverage in London and nationally. The story of the project, told with stunning photography and first-hand accounts of the challenges and rewards of staging a Street Play event, are captured in the book 'When London Played' available to order at www.londonplay.org.uk for £5 +p&p.
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