Play streets

[east-of-the-Rye]

Would you and your neighbours like to organise "play street" sessions on your road - but need some support to do so? Play streets are when a road is closed to through traffic for a couple of hours, typically after school, to allow children to play out. Southwark Council can issue temporary play street orders which allow residents to close their streets to through traffic for up to 3 hours once a month.

Southwark Living Streets and Play London have some resources to offer:

- materials to help you explain the benefits of play and play streets to your neighbours,

- support in submitting applications and dealing with paperwork,

- advice on the practicalities involved and tackling any challenges that could arise in your street

We can provide starter packs of street toys - chalk, skipping ropes, water squirter, big blocks - but probably the children who come out will have ideas of their own what they want to do. We can also give ?200 towards the cost of buying other toys you or your children would like.

If you are interested, you can contact me or contact Peter Wright at Southwark Living Streets : [email protected]

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