14 May 2017

by Deborah Holt

Nowhere to Play - Media Coverage

Media: Nationals

Media: Nationals

Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4407116/Obesity-warning-councils-shut-playgrounds-two-years.html Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/13/playgrounds-closures-threaten-childrens-health/ The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/hundreds-of-childrens-playgrounds-in-england-close-owing-to-cut s Mail Online http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/health/article-4407116/Obesity-warning-councils-shut-playgrounds-two-years.html Telegraph Opinion Online http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2017/04/13/council-bosses-continue-receive-excessive-pay-shutdown-services/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/playgrounds-closed-england-conservative-budget-cuts-tory-government-children-public-spaces-councils-a7682141.html The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/playgrounds-closed-as-councils-cut-costs-222jd033f Daily Mail – Richard Little John Column http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-4410664/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-new-illegal-traveller-camp-Easter.html Sunday Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/04/16/justine-greening-should-ignore-bigots-give-working-people-grammar/

Others

Centre of Social Justice – The Leader Column http://thecentreforsocialjustice.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/y/451DC5CEBEC06CBF/B11BC4FBA8046A770B3A73003FEB3522 Fields in Trust http://www.fieldsintrust.org/News_Detail.aspx?newsid=5723cdea-b112-46f8-9d7d-13c6221db832 British Association of Landscape Industries http://www.bali.org.uk/newsandevents/news_article.nowhere-to-play-hundreds-of-playgrounds-set-to-close.html Landscape & Amenity http://landscapeandamenity.com/articles/2017-04-13/hundreds-of-playgrounds-set-to-close Local Gov https://www.localgov.co.uk/Austerity-forcing-councils-to-close-playgrounds/42913 Local Gardener http://localgardener.org/category/latest-news/ Horticulture Week http://www.hortweek.com/english-councils-close-112-playgrounds-one-year-association-play-industries-reveals/parks-and-gardens/article/1430570 Government Business http://www.governmentbusiness.co.uk/news/13042017/council-playground-closures-highlighted Pro Landscaper Magazine http://prolandscapermagazine.com/hundreds-of-playgrounds-set-to-close/ Play Wales http://www.playwales.org.uk/eng/news/748-nowhere-to-play-report-?newspage=2 Department of Education https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2017-04-24.HL6822.h&s=playgrounds#gHL6822.q0 MumsNet - Guest Campaigns https://www.mumsnet.com/campaigns/guest-campaigns-may-2017?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Tweet&utm_campaign=thread%20guest%20campaign%20may The Star http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/column-cuts-hit-poorest-the-hardest-1-8502490 Horticulture Week http://www.hortweek.com/aberdeen-city-council-agrees-13-million-playground-funding/parks-and-gardens/article/1435012

Radio

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire – 13th April 2017 10:20am The Big Conversation Paul Stainton http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiocambridgeshire LBC Radio - 13th April 2017 09:35am http://www.lbc.co.uk/ LBC Radio -13th April 2017 Sheila Fogarty Show http://www.lbc.couk/ BBC Radio Essex – 18th April 2017 07:35am Sadine Nine http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcessex

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