Well done to CYP Now for carrying out its play investigation.
Unite the Union has carried out surveys of play workers since 2010 which highlight individual cuts, closures and redundancies, and it's great to see this overarching investigation.
Cuts to play services have not had the exposure they deserve since they are often seen as a non-essential. However, this masks the important work that play workers do and the important role in communities that adventure playgrounds play.
Many councils that have supported play services for considerable lengths of time have been forced to close them, often against their will, as this government demonstrates yet again their disdain for community in their single-minded pursuit of neoliberalism.
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