Goals: To raise awareness of the importance of outdoor play and to bring a range of practitioners together
Funding: 77,000 over two years from the New Opportunities Fund's Better Play initiative and match funding
Contact: 01242 532 949 or visit www.playwork.co.uk/wildaboutplay
Wild About Play has been set up to try to counteract the trend for restricting children's outdoor play. Working across the South West, the project takes the form of a network of practitioners from a range of disciplines, including play work and environmental education.
The project tries to encourage environmental play, which it defines as opportunities for children to play freely in and around natural and wild environments, as opposed to artificial or indoor play areas.
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