CYP Now investigation: Play services decimated as funding slashed

Derren Hayes
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Nearly a third of local authorities in England have closed play facilities as a result of spending on play services over the past three years being slashed by 39 per cent, an investigation by CYP Now has revealed.

One in six adventure playgrounds staffed by play workers have closed since 2010. Picture: Howard Barlow
One in six adventure playgrounds staffed by play workers have closed since 2010. Picture: Howard Barlow

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