Leicester City Council has been given funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to upgrade the play spaces. The authority is now consulting with local residents about the design and development of each area, and hopes work will be finished by March 2009. Andy Connelley, cabinet member for culture at the council, said: “Over the next three years we will create and refurbish up to 19 play areas.” The council expects to get nearly £500,000 from the DCSF’s Playbuilder fund in 2009 and 2010 to pay for...