With 83 per cent of voters agreeing that play should be a government priority, Play England's Manifesto for Children's Play was presented to Children's Secretary Ed Balls by local children at the organisation's Playable Communities conference in March. The document calls on parties to respond to children's increasing need for action on play by adopting three simple pledges.
Balls announced that the Play Strategy's funding programme is on track to build at least 3,500 play areas and 30 staffed adventure playgrounds by 2011, and that nearly 2,000 play areas are complete, with 23 adventure playgrounds opening this spring. A "scrapbook" — Better Outcomes Through Play, was also launched, showcasing some of the best examples from the playbuilder and pathfinder programmes, and it was announced that funding will be ringfenced until 2011.
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