A new report by the body responsible for advising the Government on public space, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe), urges councils to be ‘creative and brave' in developing the Government's £235m Play Strategy, which aims to develop 3,500 play areas over the next three years (News, 9 April).
In June, the Government chose 20 pathfinders and 43 ‘playbuilders' to be the first local authorities to receive their funding allocations (News, 19 June).
Sarah Gaventa, director of CABE Space, said, ‘It's a massive investment and it is essential that local authorities use it to create exciting new spaces.'
She added, ‘We must all stop obsessing about risk and trying to wrap our children in cotton wool, and instead create spaces that allow them to use their imagination.'
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