The Play England Project will see the creation of nine regional offices to support local agencies in planning for play in their area. It will also look into the long-term feasibility of establishing a national play organisation for England, similar to Play Wales and Play Scotland.
Local authorities and partners were invited by the Big Lottery Fund (BLF) in December to review and develop play strategies in order to secure their share of the BLF's 155m children's play programme (News, 5 January).
In September 2005, CPC received a 169,000 three-month BLF development grant to prepare the bid for regional support and develop draft guidance to help local authority areas draw up play strategies.
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