Caroline Haworth, chief officer of the Bath Area Play Project, isleading the project at a time when the sector faces deep budgetcuts.
Haworth, along with Caroline Hickman, teaching fellow at theuniversity's department of social and policy sciences, expect the studyto last six to 12 months.
"We want to investigate why play is vital to prevention services," saidHaworth, who believes a lack of play in childhood can lead to antisocialbehaviour in later years. She hopes the research will provide data tosupport this theory and help the organisation secure future funding.
"Play provides huge parameters for children to develop resilience andtake risks," she explained. "Sadly, today people think children need tobe supervised more so they have less freedom."
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