Children’s Play Programme Evaluation
08 December 2011
The
Children's Play programme committed £123 million between 2006
and 2012 to create, improve and develop children and young people's
free local play spaces in England. One of the main concerns was to
promote the 'three frees':
- free of charge
- free to choose
- free to come and go.
Ecorys were
commissioned to assess how effective the programme has been at
widening access to good-quality and challenging play opportunities,
removing barriers to play, involving local communities, and giving
children greater choice. The evaluation ran from 2008 to 2011.
The link below outlines what the evaluation found and includes
links to publications.
The Big Lottery Evaluating Children's Play
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