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- Creating a playground
- Natural play environments
- Risk / benefit assessment
- Tree and log supplier
- Wood Information Sheet
- Better mental health
- Natural play 'How to' guides
- Plant more trees
- Play with the rain
- Children in the Outdoors
- Manifesto of Children's Natural Rights
- Trees and plants for play
- Planning and operating principles
- Natural England conference
- 10 top tips for natural play
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Planning and operating principles
Here London Play has put together some ideas about planning, organising and operating natural play areas.
It is relevant for any size space, from a small green in a block of flats right up to a whole park.
Play England will soon be publishing a comprehensive maintenance guide to natural play areas. London Play will also publish by April a guidance note on safe use of fallen trees as climbing structures, with support from Groundwork and the Child Accident Prevention Trust.(probably in March 2009, so watch this space).
Download the ideas below.
