There have been growing indications that calls for national action onchildren's play are receiving widespread support from a range ofinfluential organisations, commentators and policy makers from acrossthe political spectrum.
Minister for culture David Lammy has called for those planning publicspace to put children's play at the heart of a new vision forcommunities.
In an article published by think-tank Compass earlier this month, Lammysays: "Children should be central to spatial planning principles andplayable landscapes, not just the beneficiaries of the occasionalplayground, built as an afterthought to the main design."
Suggesting that child poverty has spatial as well as materialdimensions, Lammy goes on to say that "for children to have the bestchance to be happy, healthy and to prosper, they need to have a realstake in the common spaces of their neighbourhoods ... This must startwith somewhere for our children - all our children - to play." Lammy hasagreed to meet with Play England to discuss its proposals for a nationalplay policy.
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