The Play Strategy has been described by ministers as "totemic" of The Children's Plan's aim to make England the best place in the world for children to grow up. It is an ambitious 10-year plan to transform children's play opportunities, beginning with a three-year programme, which started last April, to build 3,500 local play areas and 30 staffed adventure playgrounds.
A huge effort by the first wave of local authority play pathfinders and playbuilders over the last year, supported by Play England, part of NCB, saw Children's Secretary Ed Balls announce the first 500 new sites open before Easter, putting the programme firmly on schedule.
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