The findings were revealed in an evaluation of the Big Lottery Fund's Children's Play Programme, which has provided three-year grants to local authorities to establish free, unstructured play for children from deprived or traditionally hard-to-reach communities.
Since its inception in 2006, the programme has funded 1,400 council-led projects.
Research and consultancy firm Ecotec has been assessing the impact of the programme since 2008, as part of a three-year evaluation. Early findings, published last week, show that 82 per cent of projects funded by the programme have increased the number of children and young people accessing play.
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