In his valedictory speech in London on 20 September, entitled Play, rewind, fast forward, Gill argued that in a single generation, the "home habitat" of a typical 8-year-old - the area in which children are able to travel on their own - has shrunk to one-ninth of its former size. Public play space is also at a premium: for every acre of land in England used for playgrounds, over 80 acres are given over to golf.
"The threat to the outdoor child has serious implications," said Tim Gill. "It is not only a matter of children becoming physically inactive, with all the health dangers that entails.
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