You wait ages for just a smidgeon of government funding for play and then £235m comes along at once. Since April 2008, play professionals in local authorities right across England have had their work cut out as they put into action plans to spend this cash, working to tight timescales.
Every local authority will receive around £1m "playbuilder" capital investment to renovate old play areas and develop new ones by 2011. Thirty "pathfinder" authorities have each been given over £2m, part of which is to develop a new adventure playground. Several parts of the country are already starting to reap the benefits of the added investment in play (see boxes).
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