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Links to relevant plans and strategies, and to websites and documents that describe new thinking and recent developments in the provision of play and greenspace:

Local

www.boroughofpoole.com/leisureprojects

 

 

 

Harbourside Park Management Plan 2005-2010

Joint Play Strategy for the Children & Young People of Bournemouth & Poole 2007, Revised May 2008 (PDF document, 1.2MB)

Links to CYPS pages, BoP website

Play Strategy leaflet (click to open PDF, 1MB)

Joint Play Strategy leaflet 2009 (PDF document, 1MB)

Children and Young People's Plan - Edition 2, Revised 2007

Review of Equipped Play Areas, September 2008 (PDF document, 826kb)

Playbuilder Project Plan, February 2009 (PDF document, 234kb)

Play Ranger Service - Poole & Bournemouth

 

Fitness for All

Active 3x30 - Poole & Bournemouth

Green Gym Company

British Military Fitness in Poole

Hamworthy Outdoor Education Centre, Hamworthy Park

Harbour Challenge Outdoor Education Centre, Brownsea Island

 

Strategies & Management Plans

Open Space Strategy

Poole Park Management Plan Updated 2008

Hamworthy Park Management Plan 2005-2010

Canford Heath Nature Reserve Management Plan 2010-2020

Planning Obligations Development Plan

National

A manifesto for children's play 2010.  Play England is calling for the new government to make play a priority.  Visit the link above to learn more, and to endorse the manifesto.

National Play Strategy 2008 (PDF document, 1.85MB)

Association of Play Industries (API)

Play England aims for all children and young people to have regular access and opportunity for free, inclusive, local play provision and play space.  Play England administers Playbuilder funding [more].

Playday is the annual national celebration of children's right to play.  Playday 2009 is on Wednesday, 5th August.

Design for Play: a guide to creating successful play spaces

PlayLink an independent play and informal leisure consultancy

Free Play Network promotes the need for better play opportunities for children

CABE Space promotes well-designed parks, streets and squares as a crucial part of our towns and cities

Designing and planning for play (CABE publication, PDF document, 557kb)

Quality Parks and Open Spaces HM Government guidance and best practise

 

 
 

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