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PLACES for PLAY, a PLAYLINK publication

What makes an outdoor space a good place to play? Too often poor design robs children of vital opportunities to learn and be healthy and wastes public money. There is an urgent need to rethink how play is provided for in public. Parents, play providers, politicians, popular opinion - all have a part to play in bringing about change.

PLACES for PLAY illustrates some of the many creative ways in which children's play outdoors is being catered for. By demonstrating what is possible, it is intended to inspire a more imaginative approach to the creation of play spaces and public space, one founded on understanding the needs and wishes of children.

PLACES for PLAY is a PLAYLINK publication, by Sandra Melville.

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Other Publications

• Design for Play: a guide to creating successful play spaces, by Aileen Shackell, Nicola Butler, Phil Doyle and David Ball, Play England, DCSF
• Managing Risk in Play Provision: implementation guide, David Ball, Tim Gill, Bernard Spiegal
• Nature Play: maintenance guide, Lisa Davis, Adam White, Jane Knight, Play England
• Nature Play: Simple and fun ideas for all, Forestry Commission
• Growing Adventure, Tim Gill, Forestry Commission
• Design guidance for play spaces, Lindsey Houston, Roger Worthington, Paddy Harrop, Forestry Commission
• Rope swings, dens, treehouses and fires, Paddy Harrop, Forestry Commission
• Making Sense: playwork in practice, PLAYLINK
• Play as Culture, PLAYLINK
• Play at School, PLAYLINK
• Best Play: What Play Provision should do for Children, NPFA, PLAYLINK, Children's Play Council