A strong theme of the programme was the involvement of children and young people in deciding what the funding would be used for. Tanya Dietrich, of Grove Adventure Playground (pictured), said: "Our play space looks amazing and includes play equipment which the children have taken ownership of and feel proud to have had a say in designing and building."
Other projects included removing structures to return space for children to use for den building; creating fire and water play areas; and indoor play area refurbishment.
An exhibition of the playgrounds' achievements was held at Play England's national conference in March and will be on the Play England website in May. Grants programme manager Mick Conway said: "The playgrounds have shown the great things that can be done with relatively little investment and demonstrates the great value for money that adventure playgrounds offer. It has also given us some great ideas to share around the adventure playground community."
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