Playbuilder Funding under threat - act now!
Thanks to absolutely everyone who signed up for their support!!
See a selection of signed petitions here
Testimonials
| Name | Town | Comments | Date |
| Emma Kane | Hook Norton | Please continue to support phase three playbuilder funding. | August 13, 2010 - 5:10 pm |
| Will Saunders | Liverpool | August 13, 2010 - 5:30 pm | |
| Catherine Nixon | Lyme Regis | Children need playgrounds | August 13, 2010 - 5:40 pm |
| tracey peters | blackpool | children need to be allowed to play in a safe area | August 13, 2010 - 5:44 pm |
| tracey peters | blackpool | August 13, 2010 - 5:44 pm | |
| Susie Nathan | Queensbury, London | I have just started to campaign against the cut in funding for our childrens playgrounds. Our local park was earmarked for refurbishment this summer. The swings chains and seats have been removed and the soft padding has been taken up. Now with the cut in funding, we\'ve been told it\'s unlikely they will be returned, leaving our kids with just an old climing frame / slide and a roundabout. The timing couldn\'t be worse as it\'s the middle of the Summer Holidays. I am not planning on lobbying the government to have this decision overturned. Good luck to all those doing the same!! | August 13, 2010 - 6:32 pm |
| Paula Appleton | Ossett, Wakefield | Play is a fundamental right for all children - please complete this important investment. | August 13, 2010 - 6:34 pm |
| Susie Nathan | Queensbury, London | Apologies, I meant to say I WILL NOW BE LOBBYING THE GOVERMENT TO HAVE THIS DECISION OVERTURNED. | August 13, 2010 - 6:34 pm |
| John Cox | Bracknell | August 13, 2010 - 7:04 pm | |
| Stavroula Gkogkou | Cinderford | August 14, 2010 - 12:01 pm | |
| Sue Rogers | Sheffield | Playbuilder playgrounds break new ground in playground design. They encourage adult understanding of how children develop through play as well as providing more opportunities for integration of children of all ages abilities and background. This work towards the goal of socially inclusive sustainable communities. ..............even and more importantly they are more fun! Please don\'t waste this opportunity to fulfill the potential it was originally devised to achieve. | August 14, 2010 - 12:35 pm |
| Alvin Ruther | Sheffield | Not only does it keeps occupied but keeps people in jobs! | August 14, 2010 - 5:10 pm |
| Pamela Howard | Carterton | I am in favour of the grant to refurbish our play park. | August 14, 2010 - 7:52 pm |
| Sarah-Jane | Darbon | Parks bring communities together, helps children build relationships, which in timed of so much crime & violence can only be a good thing. Take away these facilities then you\'re taking away communities. Parks encourage children to get out doing activities and to keep fit. The Lakegrounds is the hub of the community in Portishead, Bristol and needs updating with play equipment. | August 14, 2010 - 9:52 pm |
| Michael Hoenigmann | Nottingham | This programme should be completed as it is making a real difference to communities across the country | August 15, 2010 - 8:42 am |
| Charlotte Green | Hook Norton | August 15, 2010 - 10:22 am | |
| david pearce | dartford | August 15, 2010 - 11:13 am | |
| Tony Young | Tasburgh | Our village has had very little financial aid from any source and now when we do need help the rug is taken from under us! Our group has worked hard over the last 12 months to complete the application and win the funding only to be let down at the last minute - all of our hard work and effort has been for nothing! | August 15, 2010 - 11:25 am |
| Donald Proudfoot | Tasburgh | Those in power bleat on about helping the communities ,So is it right for them to say yes you have the grant and then snatch it back with a big no\' . It really is not the way treat people working for the good of their community, and they will expect us to support them when election time comes around..So you in high places have a rethink and support the playbuilder funding | August 15, 2010 - 5:03 pm |
| Dionne Dussard | Dartford | August 15, 2010 - 10:13 pm | |
| Deborah Holt | Warwick | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \'playbuilder\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | August 16, 2010 - 9:22 am |
| Peter Dennis | Cossonay | Playbuilder is not only significantly raising standards in play provision across the country but also encouraging whole communities to work together. Whilst the funding targets children, positive effects are been seen for all ages. We need to continue this programme to ensure that all areas of the country feel these benefits. | August 16, 2010 - 9:27 am |
| Steve O\'Shea | Nottingham | August 16, 2010 - 10:17 am | |
| Julie Crocker | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne | I completely support this funding. The potential Playbuilder building is part of a big re-development of a city centre park which will help to bring people of all ages into the area and business to the local cafe opposite. The building could also be used during the many events held in the park over the year. It\'s important to feature play within any park and the facilities will help to not only provide this but also offer educational opportunities for children especially around nature, when they live in a very urban environment. | August 16, 2010 - 10:30 am |
| Cllr Paul Molloy | Petersfield | August 16, 2010 - 12:46 pm | |
| Rob Warren | North Somerset | This programme should be completed as it is making a real difference to communities across the country. It is also reducing anti-social behaviour, reducing levels of obesity, and turning unused spaces into spaces that can be used by all the community - THE BIG SOCIETY !!!!! | August 16, 2010 - 2:15 pm |
| Claire Sparkes | Dickleburgh | Through Playbuilder we have really raised the expectations of the children in our community. Many of them don\'t have the means to travel out of this small rural community. They desperately need the new facilities we have started working on. Please don\'t pull this funding. Only the children will really suffer, not just now but possibly for many many years to come. | August 16, 2010 - 4:07 pm |
| Alison Eden | Oxford | August 16, 2010 - 9:00 pm | |
| Anthea Booth | Measham | August 16, 2010 - 9:01 pm | |
| Adrian David Coomber | Carterton | \"Carterton Town Council is hopeful that the funding which has been promised by Oxfordshire County Council, and has already been allocated to this project, will not be withdrawn retrospectively. “The recreation ground in Alvescot Road serves a great many people in Carterton and it is time it was given the TLC it deserves. “Phase one of our project will transform the Alvescot Road Recreation Ground play area, which is currently looking tired and tatty, and will provide play opportunities and seating to meet the needs of a wide age range. “If the funding is withdrawn the project will be in real jeopardy.” | August 16, 2010 - 9:02 pm |
| Helen Hewitt | Nantwich | It\'s important that we have these communal spaces for our children to play safely and enjoy physical exercise | August 16, 2010 - 9:03 pm |
| Stewart Tranter | Stoke On Trent | Playbuilder funding must be supported our children are the future generations and need to be able to develop there social skills by being able to play in secure areas with other children. | August 16, 2010 - 9:03 pm |
| Alice Nelson | Banbury | Playgrounds are brilliant - so much fun when you\'re wee that you don\'t realise it\'s all about fresh air, exercise and making friends! | August 16, 2010 - 9:04 pm |
| Tom Ross | Stretford | We have just lost Playbuilder funding for one of our local parks. | August 16, 2010 - 9:05 pm |
| Dawn Dobson | Bignall End | August 16, 2010 - 9:05 pm | |
| Joanne Deighton | Leeds | August 16, 2010 - 9:08 pm | |
| Tracey Southward | Askam in furness - cumbria | August 16, 2010 - 9:10 pm | |
| Charmaine Noel | Wadhurst | Please don\'t cut back on play provision for young people, they need to play and be children. They love their parks and green spaces.These are very important to them to unwind, socialise and as places to let off steam in purpose built areas for play. | August 16, 2010 - 9:11 pm |
| Angela Vanstone | Paignton.Devon | Play has an essential role in building social skills and communication,creativity and problem solving.Allowing our children to participate in self-directed,unstructured free play may be the best developemental tool we can give them. Until the age of 9,childrens learning occurs best when the whole self is absorbed.The sense of motion through space are powerful modes of learning.Let\'s not forget all the new build flats, where no garden is available for our children to run around in,and vent pent-up emotions. | August 16, 2010 - 9:13 pm |
| Derek John Mortimer | Maidstone | Playbuilder, a grant that was awarded to children then taken away ! | August 16, 2010 - 9:14 pm |
| Joanne Deighton | Leeds | Please don\'t cut funding for Playbuilder. Play is paramount in the development of our children and a vital part of family life! | August 16, 2010 - 9:16 pm |
| Fiona Cleland | Nottingham | The Playbuilder funding has encouraged children to be a part of the consultation and planning of new exciting, educational and dynamic play areas. Stopping the funding would not only disappoint all the children who were an integral part of the process but deprive them of the play spaces they were promised. | August 16, 2010 - 9:16 pm |
| Gillian McFarlane | Edinburgh | Good luck with this. Our area has already been hit with council cuts etc. | August 16, 2010 - 9:25 pm |
| Ingrid Rosson | Manchester | August 16, 2010 - 9:33 pm | |
| Michael Wilson | Manchester | August 16, 2010 - 9:34 pm | |
| jess cass | August 16, 2010 - 9:56 pm | ||
| Toni Ginnis | Audley, Newcastle-Under-Lyme | In my village there is an association that have been going for 7years trying to raise funds to build a community park and finally they had a door way opened(financially) by playbuilders and now the goverment want to take it away. It is the children that suffer. They have helped and supported the association all the way threw, they have desgined what equipment they want on their park. I strongly belive that the goverment can cut cost in other ways than taking away hopes and dreams of children. Our village are holding a protest tomorrow,at their park against this cost cutting and as soon as the children knew that this is taking place and why they took it upon themselves to go knocking on doors asking people for signatures. That proves how much they children support their community. | August 16, 2010 - 10:09 pm |
| Michelle Ruther | Sheffield | Please continue to support, not only does it allow children to play but it also keeps people in jobs. | August 16, 2010 - 10:09 pm |
| Miss Adrienne Satterley | Poole | with childhood obesity and a link between Anti social behaviour, petty crime and bored kids PLEASE invest in MORE playareas rather than scrpapping them ! | August 16, 2010 - 10:20 pm |
| jennie farrell | ashburton | words fail me | August 16, 2010 - 10:22 pm |
| mrs sarah stapleton | torquay | please these children need there safe parks and play environments | August 16, 2010 - 10:22 pm |
| louisa thompson | wheathampstead | Please we would love to have the new playground in the village. | August 16, 2010 - 10:25 pm |
| Karen Worrall | Stockport | August 16, 2010 - 10:26 pm | |
| Rory Fintan Broadhurst | Hook Norton | i think that some form of teen sheltering would be helpful, it would be incredibly useful when it rains, as i am a 15 year old guy living in the village and me and my friends have no where to hang out, meaning we just wander about looking like \'chavs\' or \'yobs\' which is not a label i want to be associated with. It\'s such a shame though that other people among my peer group have felt the need to vandalise the equipment provided, considering the fact that we all grew up playing on the adventure playground and other such toys. I think that an off-road mountain bike/BMX track is needed, as alot of me and my friends ride and would enjoy some ramps. | August 16, 2010 - 10:32 pm |
| Eric Masters | Tasburgh | Its very disapointing that the Goverment is so short sighted,our village has had very little financial funding from ant quarter,when we finally got something following lots of hard work . we had it taken away just before the diggers were about to start How do we explain this the the children,one thing is for sure no one from goverment will. | August 16, 2010 - 10:43 pm |
| Kevin J. Brehony | London | Play is fundamental to children\'s growth and development - both physical and social. Playbuilder provided opportunities for play where none existed before. It also brought communities together and encouraged the participation of all ages.Cutting the funding for Playbuilder is mean spirited and self-defeating. | August 16, 2010 - 10:46 pm |
| Geraldine Wrench | Audley Stoke-on-Trent | August 16, 2010 - 10:56 pm | |
| Jon Dalton | Ulverston | The governments\' short-sightedness with this is incredible. These areas are helping to combat the very real problem of child obesity and are encouraging children to get outside & get moving. This scheme could potentially save the NHS millions in the future by encouraging a more healthy and active lifestyle and consequently keeping people out of hospital beds. Let\'s finish the job that was started here & find other areas that can be cut. | August 16, 2010 - 11:21 pm |
| Nicky Holiday | Hook Norton | Playgrounds are an essential part of children\'s lives and have been for decades. It would be a terrible loss should playbuilder funding not go ahead. | August 16, 2010 - 11:24 pm |
| Graham Holden | Egham | Playgrounds are essential for the welfare, socializing, fitness and most importantly PLAY for children of all ages. Cutting funding on this scheme would deprive many kids throughout the UK of a decent play area. Playbuilder should be a part of \"The Big Society\" if we\'re to take the Prime Minister\'s plans seriously and for his vision to become a reality and not just some cost cutting stunt, which could also effect jobs in the play industry as well. At the end of the day, without Playbuilder, it\'s the children who miss out the most and that is very sad and very wrong. | August 16, 2010 - 11:42 pm |
| Matt Adams | London | A fantastic funding stream that should not be cut off mid-flow. Too many community groups let down. Where\'s your Big Society Cameron? | August 16, 2010 - 11:53 pm |
| Peter Jones | Portsmouth | August 16, 2010 - 11:57 pm | |
| John Stevens | Torquay | August 17, 2010 - 1:02 am | |
| Oscar Aranda | México | August 17, 2010 - 3:23 am | |
| natalie robinson | burnley | please support | August 17, 2010 - 7:12 am |
| Michelle Peters | Poole | Please continue the playbuilder funding.I have no park within walking distance from my house which I think is disgusting.Parks are vital to childrens health and wellbeing | August 17, 2010 - 7:36 am |
| Nick Groves | Paddock Wood | You have to see to believe, what our children are left to play with. | August 17, 2010 - 8:29 am |
| Tracy Cox | Nottingham | August 17, 2010 - 8:32 am | |
| Hannah Carrick | Sevenoaks | Start thinking about the big picture - if you cut playground funding today you\'ll run into even bigger childhood obesity problems in the future. | August 17, 2010 - 8:57 am |
| Philip D Reynolds | Skelmanthorpe | Facilities for play are vital (in correct sense of that word) for children and society. The resources of the community, which includes Government use of our taxes, should go towards providing such facilities. | August 17, 2010 - 8:59 am |
| Helen Barclay | Warwick | Such an relatively economic way of forming the foundations of a \"Big Society\" for the future. Play particularly outside forms the basis of well rounded individuals and allows children to play out the social relationships vital in adult ones. We need to encourage our children to be more active to counteract the tendency to obesity too. | August 17, 2010 - 9:10 am |
| Phil Holden | Ovingham | August 17, 2010 - 9:19 am | |
| Mike Callaghan | Kettering | SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN\'S RIGHT TO PLAY - It is widely accepted that restricting children\'s opportunity to play makes them feel bored, unhappy and miss their friends. Parents recognise this, and report that children are naughty (72%) and angry (62%) if they haven’t had enough time to play. | August 17, 2010 - 9:23 am |
| Anita Robertson | Hook Norton | August 17, 2010 - 9:25 am | |
| Howard Barrie | Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes | Yes make cutbacks.... But NOT when it comes to good honest people paying our taxes and wanting our children to enjoy a little something out of our community that we and our children deserve. | August 17, 2010 - 9:37 am |
| Catherine Warwick | Shipley, West Yorkshire | Our local area has been completely transformed for young children because of recent funded schemes. We have had 3 parks and 1 new playground and the lives of our youngest residents have been enriched. All of the playgrounds and parks are reformed beyond recognition. They are thriving community spaces that are always busy. Children are getting valuable exercise and developing social and physical skills, parents are able to meet others and the whole community, including primary schools and elderly residents, is pulling together in the planning and implementing of the schemes. Surely this is David Cameron\'s Big Society in action? | August 17, 2010 - 9:46 am |
| sue beech | torquay | children need to be allowed to play in a safe area | August 17, 2010 - 10:04 am |
| sue beech | torquay | children need to be allowed to play in a safe area | August 17, 2010 - 10:05 am |
| Sue Bennett | Gillingham, Dorset | If you cut playground funding now you will create even bigger childhood obesity problems in the future. | August 17, 2010 - 10:06 am |
| Ali Campbell | Haywards Heath | As an adviser on work with children and young people, play is essential for a child\'s development - we must not loose sight of what is NEEDED, in the midst of trying to make savings - all too often, voluntary participation and the \"soft\" aspects of our growth as human beings is seen as expendable in favour of academic attainment - not all outcomes can be measured on a piece of paper . . SAVE OUR PLAYGROUNDS. | August 17, 2010 - 10:07 am |
| Maxine Casson | Hook Norton | August 17, 2010 - 10:13 am | |
| Wendy Fredericks | Mundesley Norfolk | we were awarded the funds and they were taken right back again. | August 17, 2010 - 10:16 am |
| Caroline Butcher | Torquay | Our park is in a dire state of decline, they\'ve taken the swings out and not much is left! The council do not seem to care as I suspect they want to build MORE affordable housing on the site!!! Our children need these areas, they are an important part of our community, so please keep up the good work! | August 17, 2010 - 10:17 am |
| Donna | Bucks | As obesity grows amongst children, we should be encouraging them to get off the sofa, stop playing video games and go out, play and get fit. With funding from play being withdrawn, this will impact on childrens health in the long term. | August 17, 2010 - 10:35 am |
| Greg Childs | Ealing, London | August 17, 2010 - 10:47 am | |
| Kay Leydon | Nantwich | August 17, 2010 - 10:59 am | |
| Robert Morton | Stapeley | Please re-instate this valuable & necessary financial support to our & other Playground projects. These are a clear examples of Big Society initiatives, local people driving local projects & delivery of services... What message does the withdrawal of this support send to future potential community volunteers ? | August 17, 2010 - 11:04 am |
| Sadie Linnell | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Children need safe areas to play, especially as more and more green areas are being used for housing. | August 17, 2010 - 11:51 am |
| Tom Banks | Runcorn | August 17, 2010 - 11:58 am | |
| John Ford | Wigan | Support Pathfinder/Playbuilder to save jobs and childrens play | August 17, 2010 - 11:59 am |
| Douglas Henry McKittrick | Brighton and Hove | Young people in our communities more than ever before need this support. | August 17, 2010 - 12:08 pm |
| Danielle Foley | Gretton | Playtime can be a wonderful opportunity for children to learn to focus their attention and build self-confidence and self-esteem, We need playgrounds, so children learn to play together outdoors and in fresh air, rather than sitting in front of a TV or computer watching and playing destructive and violent programmes and games | August 17, 2010 - 12:22 pm |
| samuel abelman | Ipswich | Kids need safe, challenging and fun playgrounds to meet other kids, make believe, relax, run around and be outside! | August 17, 2010 - 12:42 pm |
| Robert Banks | London | At the moment it is just frozen, not cancelled - lets hope we can persuade the government to unfreeze it! | August 17, 2010 - 12:44 pm |
| Paul Hoenigmann | Edinburgh | August 17, 2010 - 12:53 pm | |
| Wendy Leighton | Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire | There are so few safe areas for children to play these days and having a playground in our community for the children is essential. Funding is paramount for its upkeep as the park requires regular maintenance to ensure the childrens\' safety and enjoyment. | August 17, 2010 - 12:57 pm |
| Kay Stringfellow | Wakefield | August 17, 2010 - 1:37 pm | |
| Kevin Causer | Nottingham | Playbuilder has made such an invaluable contribution to many communities - why stop the good work early? | August 17, 2010 - 1:56 pm |
| Matthew Godfrey | Addlestone | Like many others our local community had high hopes for a decent new play space for the local children. Now the moneys been removed and the project is on hold. The community is so disappointed. Local councils desperately need this funding as it might be the last significant amount for a while | August 17, 2010 - 2:19 pm |
| Clare Mallory | Leeds | We worked really hard with Children and Young People designing and planning for our new, much needed play area in Leeds. The enthusiasm and effort put in by the local community was fantastic. The children were amazed at the draft designs and their excitement at being part of this project gave them a sence of pride and something to look after, it made all the hard work and planning worth while. How do we now go back and say \"Thanks kids but your not having a play area now\". Even though they have no where to play? I now feel ashamed and disgusted at the fact that i helped build up their hopes, only to give them nothing! Please reconsider and give us back our funding. Remember - Every Child Matters! | August 17, 2010 - 3:07 pm |
| Ruth Lewis | Hook Norton | Play areas help children socialise with peers in a safe environment. It helps keep them active, aren\'t we constantly being told we don\'t exercise enough and children are becoming obese surely having a fully functioning play area for all ages will give the kids somewhere to go somewhere to play and have fun | August 17, 2010 - 3:08 pm |
| Naomi Smith | London | It would be a shame to lose this valuable community based programme, Many individuals and communities have put a lot of time and energy into developing local play spaces, to lose the funding now would be a huge disincentive to those involved to do so in the future. This programme will have a huge effect on the play industry and result in many job losses in both the private and public sector. Please reconsider cutting this programme. | August 17, 2010 - 3:23 pm |
| Jane Nicholson | Leeds | August 17, 2010 - 3:31 pm | |
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| cecelia pollock | london | August 17, 2010 - 3:57 pm | |
| Lewis Collins | Bracknell | August 17, 2010 - 4:09 pm | |
| Abi Norman | Brackley | An exciting safe play area is so important for children. People will only start to realise the impact on the funding freeze when their old play area is taken away and not replaced! | August 17, 2010 - 4:22 pm |
| Chris Booth | Epsom | Children need safe areas to play! | August 17, 2010 - 4:33 pm |
| Louise Gregory | Rawtenstall | Funding that has been secured but not yet used should not be requested to be returned to the funder and projects cancelled. What about all the work carried out prior to securing funding, consultations, plans drawn up and tenders advertised. The worst of all very disappointed communities who now won\'t be getting new play facilities. | August 17, 2010 - 5:27 pm |
| Louisa Kelly | London | August 17, 2010 - 5:28 pm | |
| Ian Whitehouse | Cheadle Staffs | We need playgrounds to help the children to play outside in the fresh air not in front of a PC all day, it also helps with there fitness | August 17, 2010 - 5:28 pm |
| Anna Nelson | Carnforth | August 17, 2010 - 5:41 pm | |
| Joseph Giaffreda | Peterborough | Children need safe places to play! | August 17, 2010 - 5:46 pm |
| Natalie Roberts | Hampstead Norreys | These kinds of facilities are vital for children in rural areas. Our project was for equipment for those aged over 8 including those with disabilities so it would be such a shame if the project could not proceed. We had got to the stage of marking out where the equipment would be installed. Unfortunately the rain has now washed away the markings, but I hope that they may be allowed to return soon to build the equipment that children themselves have chosen. | August 17, 2010 - 6:35 pm |
| Kay Summers | Halstead Essex | Children need safe, structured playgrounds | August 17, 2010 - 7:20 pm |
| Angela Hanes | Paddock Wood | Our parks desperately need updating and we need this fund to help us. | August 17, 2010 - 7:56 pm |
| Tracey Knight | Stapeley - Cheshire | Please do not axe Playbuilder Funding, the children of Stapeley (Cheshire) have no playground and they are desperate for somewhere to play. We need the Playbuilder funds in order to create an exciting recreational area for all ages to enjoy. Since it\'s launch, the Playbuilder scheme has helped to reduced childhood obesity across the nation by encouraging children to play outdoors and exercising on their new play areas. Please don\'t let our children suffer from the Government funding cuts and we ask that all funding is retained for future playbuilder projects. | August 17, 2010 - 8:03 pm |
| Rebecca Kingsley-Bates | Hook Norton | Please continue to support phase three playbuilder funding. | August 17, 2010 - 8:07 pm |
| Luzz loasby | Kettering | my kids had playgrounds so why not yours | August 17, 2010 - 8:13 pm |
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| Hayley Coleman | Dorset | Children need safe areas to play, children need play grounds, | August 17, 2010 - 8:44 pm |
| Heidi White | Sherborne | We need to encourage our kids to play outside more and make a safe enviroment for them. | August 17, 2010 - 9:04 pm |
| adam jones | Leeds | Bring back playbuilder. Play areas are necessary. | August 17, 2010 - 9:24 pm |
| Tereza Shortall | Aldershot | August 17, 2010 - 9:33 pm | |
| malcolm dunn | bredon | August 17, 2010 - 9:38 pm | |
| Rachel Conti | Ottery St Mary | Please don\'t cut Playbuilder funding. Our village has never had a play area for children but after much hard work by local councillors it seemed that with the help of Playbuilder our children would finally have a place to play. It will be a terrible blow to see their hopes and dreams shattered. | August 17, 2010 - 9:41 pm |
| Wendy Bland | Grange-over-Sands | It is important that we have spaces where children can play safely and keep them off the roads. | August 17, 2010 - 10:03 pm |
| David MacDonald | Crouch End | August 17, 2010 - 10:05 pm | |
| Jackie Thornton | Mundesley Norfolk | Please continue to support these great projects even if you require match funding so the community are really supporting it in the \"Big Society\" ethos. | August 17, 2010 - 10:19 pm |
| Emma Jane Dalton | Ulverston | Playgrounds provide safe havens for children to learn and develop - don\'t take them away. | August 17, 2010 - 10:26 pm |
| Gaynor Nutbrown | Hampstead Norreys | We are a small rural village with no facilities for older children. Please don\'t stop us from having play equipment for local children. | August 17, 2010 - 11:01 pm |
| Darren Tate | Southampton | The funding is great for skateparks which are fantastic places for kids to learn new skills, meet friends and exercise. | August 18, 2010 - 12:14 am |
| Myles Beaumont | Sheffield | Let\'s keep the funding going and hope for mabey a new skatepark in sheffield (: | August 18, 2010 - 12:16 am |
| Dom gorrett | Crediton | August 18, 2010 - 12:16 am | |
| Michael Needs | PORT TALBOT | August 18, 2010 - 12:18 am | |
| kim webster | tadley | The government want our children to be fit and healthy and not obese and ill so why stop it now?? | August 18, 2010 - 12:21 am |
| Matt Newton | Warrington | August 18, 2010 - 12:22 am | |
| scott maslen | Reading | the government has gone mad!! | August 18, 2010 - 12:28 am |
| Jack Burrow | Pontefract | August 18, 2010 - 12:29 am | |
| Rick Curran | Dundee | This funding serves a really strong need to provide play and sports facilities for children and people of all ages. As someone who is both a parent and keen skateboarder I would be really disappointed to see this funding source end. I am also taking the role of chairperson in a newly forming \'Friends of\' group for my local park with a view to seeing the current late 70\'s era facilities replaced with some up to date and safe for children to use, the loss of this funding will obviously impact on out goals. | August 18, 2010 - 12:33 am |
| Tomas Foster | St Andrews | Kids need playgrounds this is ridiculous | August 18, 2010 - 12:45 am |
| miss sam robinson | tadley | please please keep this good thing going for the kids..... your kids.. the outdoor kids.. doesn\'t the government want the future to be fit and healthy... ISN\'T THE FUTURE THE CHILDREN.... or should they stay indoors, play on x-boxes... and blah blah blah,, eat loads get fat and strain the nhs ( pardon the pun )myself as a mum of three sons, i know what i\'d rather ...... THEM AND ME IN THE OUTDOORS GETTING FIT USING EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BUY THE GOV... IT IS THERE RIGHT YOU KNOW.. ............ ON BEHAVE OF MY CHILDREN.... GIVE THEM SPACE X | August 18, 2010 - 1:20 am |
| Guy harwood | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 7:32 am | |
| Benjamin Eichinger | Haslemere | Keep going, the country and our children need it!!! | August 18, 2010 - 8:07 am |
| Paul Hill | Paddock Wood, Kent | I am Chairman of Play Paddock Wood (PPW). PPW have worked hard and long to achieve a Playbuilder grant. Our efforts have been for the children and hopefully for future generations. The funding is crucial to balance out the lack of funding we have received as a community over the past 30 years. Playbuilder funding is an essential part of rebuilding our society and reducing anti social behaviour. How can the Coalition government promote localism if within 100 days of coming to power they withdraw funding from one of the best \"localism\" examples. | August 18, 2010 - 8:54 am |
| sam reynolds | blandford | August 18, 2010 - 9:22 am | |
| Jane Montgomery | Southam | Playgrounds bring young and old communities together, why under the new Government theme of \"Communities\" is one of the main benefits being axed. | August 18, 2010 - 9:30 am |
| Denise O\'Malley | Kenilworth | August 18, 2010 - 9:37 am | |
| Robert Catterall | Cannock | Being from a town the lacks such well built play/recreation areas and having tryed several times to get our local council to take action and provide us with better facilities, I wwould say that this funding is of the up most importance. When I travel to cities with plaza\'s to skate, it seems obvious that these people have got somewhere to do something. Ask the average teenager in cannock what his hobbies are and I\'d reccon there\'s a high that sniffing plant fertaliser or smoking weed will be near the top of that list. | August 18, 2010 - 9:39 am |
| Lewisjefferson | Lincoln | Children don\'t need playgrounds Lincoln needs skateparks if there was a skatepark in Lincoln then youths would not be on the streets so there would be less of a need for community officers and there would be less vandalism fone because all teens would have a place to go when they are bord | August 18, 2010 - 9:39 am |
| Kyle Warrington | Bristol | We must save this funding for all UK children. Play is vital for childrens development and the government should see this as a priority. | August 18, 2010 - 9:44 am |
| Caroline Watson | Chertsey | Children have the right to play in a safe playground | August 18, 2010 - 9:45 am |
| Graham Ross | Gloucester | This programme should be completed. | August 18, 2010 - 9:50 am |
| Ariane Hunter-Wade | London | August 18, 2010 - 9:59 am | |
| Paul Redden | Guildford | Phase 3 is extremely important. The Playbuilder and Pathfinder projects are crucial places for children and commununities to come together, healthy montivated children and communities is what we need and the Coalition says it wants!! so it makes no sense to cut Play or any funding related to the capital investment program in Modern exciting Play spaces.If they need cuts go to transport or MOD but not children.!!! | August 18, 2010 - 9:59 am |
| Merlin Mason | Leeds | August 18, 2010 - 10:05 am | |
| Ben Neaves | Badshot Lea | August 18, 2010 - 10:16 am | |
| Jens Rahmann | Gateshead | August 18, 2010 - 10:20 am | |
| Sarah Rook | Kidderminster | we live in a area of deprivation and social exclusion as it is , we have been campaigning for two years two get funding to do up are local park that has already been removed due to being dangerous/derelict ,we are trying very hard to improve the well being and community spirit of our community.The work was earmarked to start this year now are playbuilder funding has been removed , WE NEED THIS MONEY !!! so please give it back | August 18, 2010 - 10:25 am |
| Kelsey Smulders | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 10:26 am | |
| Helen Shepherd | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 10:27 am | |
| Anthony Lucas | Dorchester | Please Support | August 18, 2010 - 10:33 am |
| Kathryn Allison | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 10:35 am | |
| Daslie Nicholson | Nottingham | Our children\'s well being, health and wholesomeness is very important. Please keep playground\'s open and alive! | August 18, 2010 - 10:35 am |
| Gemma Nickerson | Nottingham | Playbuilder enables children of all ages to enjoy state of the art play facilities, helping children to get active! | August 18, 2010 - 10:35 am |
| Katherine Collins | Nottingham | As a parent of 2 pre-school children I am very concerned for their future with childhood obesisty on the rise and anti-socal behaviour rife. This is a time when we need to be putting more resources into helping the next generation, not taking away opportunities! | August 18, 2010 - 10:36 am |
| Jonathan Jones | Windlesham | August 18, 2010 - 10:39 am | |
| Rebecca Scorey | Newbury | Play is vital to a childs development. Every child deserves a safe and exciting place to play with their friends and siblings. Playbuilder Funding was beginning to achieve this - and now it\'s under threat!! | August 18, 2010 - 10:39 am |
| Helen Horner | Newcastle Upon Tyne | Playbuilder projects are encouraging better community cohesion as well as supporting government targets to reduce childhood obesity and encourage health and fitness through play. Please continue to support these worthwhile schemes. | August 18, 2010 - 10:40 am |
| Dave Bailey | Rotherham | It’s well documented that Play forms a vital part of the healthy development of children and can also make a vast contribution to communities as a whole. Please consider the wider implications of removing the funding for play areas that are so beneficial in providing safe, well designed community spaces. | August 18, 2010 - 10:41 am |
| Bev Flowers | Kenilworth | August 18, 2010 - 10:41 am | |
| Nina Barrett | West Bridgford | Play is an essential part of childrens development. I know first hand that it is developing my daughters social communication and interaction, developing her imagination and creativity and creating life experiences that are invaluable. The playbuilder initiative has made a tremendous difference to communities and the children and parents/carers within them. The funding needs to continue to allow our \'big society\' to continue to benefit from these great schemes. | August 18, 2010 - 10:43 am |
| Georgina Thomson | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 10:45 am | |
| Andrea Powdrill | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 10:45 am | |
| Sarah Clayton | Sandiacre | August 18, 2010 - 10:45 am | |
| Paul sherwood | Blackpool | Play is critical to the development of our children, a lot of consultation has gone in with the local children and now the promise of a new play area has been shattered. Remember children are your future voters. let\'s deliver what we\'ve promised. They\'re not children forever, so don\'t start letting them down now... | August 18, 2010 - 10:47 am |
| Natasha | Williams | Children need new playgrounds. Playbuilder funding is really important for children to have somewhere to play. It gets children off computers and gets them active in a society where child obesity is a concern. | August 18, 2010 - 10:48 am |
| Rachel stanley | Nottingham | Playbuilder funding allows communities to create exciting yet safe play areas for their children, cuts to the funding will remove these oppourtunities and will have knock on effects for other areas, mostly through job losses. | August 18, 2010 - 10:49 am |
| Simon Griffiths | Haverfordwest | Children of all ages need these facilities to help keep them fit and occupied. Keep the funding in place so new interesting play areas can keep being built. | August 18, 2010 - 10:49 am |
| Sarah Allana Reynolds | Bridport | It is essential for this funding to continue in order to deal with greater social issues which are linked obesity, anti-social behaviour etc. | August 18, 2010 - 10:51 am |
| natalie pitman | wakefield | August 18, 2010 - 10:51 am | |
| Paula Stockhill | Horbury | Children learn through play and they need safe exciting place to play and develop. Physical activity is also essential if our children are going to be healthy. Playbuilder provides the safe, exciting spaces needed by kids and provides opportunities for parents to meet / extend their support networks. | August 18, 2010 - 10:52 am |
| Iain Downie | Thetford | Surely the health benefits of kids growing up with access to stuff like this outweighs the short term conservative cuts? | August 18, 2010 - 10:55 am |
| James Ben Green | Loughborough | It would be totally unfair to take this away from the youth of today considering where a lot of other tax payers money is spent. These parks that have been put up over the last few years really are spectactular, and are proven to keep youths out of trouble! | August 18, 2010 - 10:57 am |
| tom pickup | accrington | August 18, 2010 - 11:00 am | |
| Ian Walker | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 11:00 am | |
| Sietske bouma | Gateshead | Kids need places to play to keep them out of trouble! | August 18, 2010 - 11:03 am |
| Nicola Willows | Wiltshire | Last year Wiltshire built 13 play areas and this year were going to put in 23. These all involve communities working together and fundraising themselves too, as well as engaging the whole community, everyone from Youth Clubs to WI and Parish Councils. A perfect example of BIG SOCIETY. | August 18, 2010 - 11:03 am |
| Brett Dye | Stroud | Keep kids active | August 18, 2010 - 11:11 am |
| Phil Charnley | Rochdale | Forf the first time in decades kids have places to go and be kids. Don\'t cut this link to our futuress | August 18, 2010 - 11:14 am |
| Emma Lancashire | Birmingham | We should be encouraging children to participate in active play from an early age. Playgrounds are an important venue for such activities and it is important they are supported. | August 18, 2010 - 11:15 am |
| Andrea Cameron | Belfast | August 18, 2010 - 11:18 am | |
| Craig Harris | Bicester | children need to be allowed to play in a safe area | August 18, 2010 - 11:18 am |
| Graham Howell | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 11:30 am | |
| stuart szulczewski | grantham | I beleive that the play builder funding is a fantastic way of improving playgrounds in my area and should be saved | August 18, 2010 - 11:32 am |
| jane fortescue | loughborough | August 18, 2010 - 11:33 am | |
| Michelle Hallam | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 11:35 am | |
| Tom Slater | Macclesfield | August 18, 2010 - 11:36 am | |
| Daniel Goodall | Tring | August 18, 2010 - 11:37 am | |
| josh billyard | mansfield | August 18, 2010 - 11:37 am | |
| Alex Lally | kingston | August 18, 2010 - 11:41 am | |
| joel hook | hampton wick | August 18, 2010 - 11:41 am | |
| Oliver Wheatley | Harrogate | August 18, 2010 - 11:43 am | |
| David Hibberd | Liphook | Children’s learning through play and risk is in danger, if we lose Playbuilder funding everything possitive that has been achieved in the last 2 years will all be for nothing. | August 18, 2010 - 11:46 am |
| Owen john clifford | Thornbury | Build skate parks not car parks | August 18, 2010 - 11:47 am |
| Alexander Cleland | Edinburgh | August 18, 2010 - 11:49 am | |
| Sarah Szulczewski | Grantham | Children should be able to play safely at all times - it is the best way for them to learn! | August 18, 2010 - 11:53 am |
| Daniel Hipwell | Doncaster | Please continue to support playbuilder funding. | August 18, 2010 - 11:55 am |
| Angela Atkins | Grantham | Keep Playbuilder funding as a priority! | August 18, 2010 - 11:57 am |
| Eric Atkins | Lincolnshire | Play is a fundamental element of childrens development - don\'t take this way from our grandchildren! | August 18, 2010 - 11:58 am |
| Thomas Atkins | Bingham | Save our Playgrounds (SOP!!) | August 18, 2010 - 11:59 am |
| Aimee Szulczewski | Grantham | I am six years old - don\'t take my fun away from me! | August 18, 2010 - 12:00 pm |
| ryan heather | new romney | August 18, 2010 - 12:08 pm | |
| Danny jones | Scarborough | August 18, 2010 - 12:10 pm | |
| James Gary Farmer | Swindon | Please continue to support, this helping the youthes of our country to finally have somehwere to go and have some fun, i wish i had this when i was growing up.... | August 18, 2010 - 12:10 pm |
| Belinda roberts | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:11 pm | |
| Dan Edwards | Bristol | August 18, 2010 - 12:11 pm | |
| Liam Parkman | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:13 pm | |
| Andrea Draper | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:14 pm | |
| Mick Draper | August 18, 2010 - 12:14 pm | ||
| Ashley Parkman | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:14 pm | |
| Jamie Parkman | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:15 pm | |
| sam moore | newark | August 18, 2010 - 12:18 pm | |
| dan moore | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:18 pm | |
| Gavin Kettle | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:19 pm | |
| Simon Kettle | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:19 pm | |
| David Ball | Liverpool | The Children are the future for this country and this government must continue with the playbuider/pathfinder project to provide exiting places for the kids to play and express themselves whilst learning about risk and social interaction in a suitable environment. | August 18, 2010 - 12:19 pm |
| Luke Kettle | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:19 pm | |
| Dan Slight | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:19 pm | |
| Paul and Emma Smith | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:20 pm | |
| Lee Desmond | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 12:20 pm | |
| arry harrop | ossett | August 18, 2010 - 12:21 pm | |
| Oscar Mills | Winchester | August 18, 2010 - 12:26 pm | |
| Phillip Keen | Cirencester | The positive impact which the availability of a local skatepark has had on my son over the last year, has been immeasurable. Not only have I seen improvements in his interest in skateboarding and subsequently sport in general, which have had an enormous impact on his personal fitness, but I have also seen him grow as ...a person through his strong sense of belonging to the skating community. He now takes an active interest in all things relating to the skatepark and feels a valued part of a community of other skaters, from whom he receives friendly help and advice from those older than him, which he in turn, delights in passing on to skaters who are younger or less experienced. He has even started a skateboard club at his school, which has required him to get closely involved with his head teacher, the council and the local skate shop. Really! I cannot express too strongly what a positive impact skateboarding has had on him. So please!! Keep the funding going!! | August 18, 2010 - 12:27 pm |
| Julia Edgeworth-Simmonds | Bredon | August 18, 2010 - 12:28 pm | |
| Franky | London | August 18, 2010 - 12:29 pm | |
| Maureen Holden | Egham | August 18, 2010 - 12:30 pm | |
| Ian Jennings | Cirencester | Investment in youth should never be underestimated. This country needs more facilities like skateparks and play equipment aimed at teenagers, to save the youth from a life of boredom, frustration and obesity! | August 18, 2010 - 12:33 pm |
| Noel Harris | Coventry | This will not help our children lead active and healthy lifestyles, this is a small investment in our future. Continue with playbuilder find somewhere else to save money do not make our children suffer. | August 18, 2010 - 12:36 pm |
| Jackie Williams | Ulverston | After over a decade of trying to get funding for a playground on our community owned parkland we finally got a Playbuilder grant for a wonderful natural play area. Imagine our disappointment when just a couple of weeks later we were told that it had been cut. Can we have it back please! | August 18, 2010 - 12:38 pm |
| Anita Porter | Grantham | Children need playgrounds. Playgrounds are fundamental in the developing of children in a safe area outdoors. | August 18, 2010 - 12:43 pm |
| Jason Williams | Swansea | At a time in cuts in public spending, it\'s often those less advantaged/prominent groups who lose out first. Playbuilder remains an important factor in providing a voice and tool for enabling such groups to realise important community developments. | August 18, 2010 - 12:45 pm |
| Mike Burns | Stockton on Tees | Paying off the national debt should NEVER come before the social development, education and exercise of our young people. The debt can wait, while there may be an entire generation of kids who miss out because the goverment deems it necessary to put money before the social benefit of community areas. I think it\'s incredibly short sighted and naive, especially since they bleated on about rebuilding society leading up to the general election. It is such a contradiction in policy. | August 18, 2010 - 12:48 pm |
| Gerard York | WEOBLEY Herefordshire | WE,the Parish Council, had signed an acceptance letter and completed all the documentation called for by our County Council. WE were 12 hours away from signing the build contract.The funding was withdrawn, but it was ours to spend,not the local council. Was the money ever actually in place?,or was this yet another exercise in \"creative accounting\" by the deposed government? We are a very deprived area, we are due to become a Regional Support Centre for the local villages and hamlets, and yet the money that was needed to provide for our future generation of children has been removed. When the policy is to relocate social housing occupants to rural areas there must be adequate funding to provide the infrastructure needed by the increased population and this includes play provision. We understand the financial situation, but why not offer up some art support,or even ask local politicians to bring their own packed lunch to work, rather than expecting subsidised refreshment, we all have to eat but why at public expense! As you can tell I am not a happy bunny having spent over two years on these play provisions! | August 18, 2010 - 12:48 pm |
| Adam Dickerson | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 12:52 pm | |
| Sheryl White | Sleaford | It is important for the community to have a safe place to meet and for the children to play and interact with others. So many areas go unused due to lack of funding! | August 18, 2010 - 12:52 pm |
| Jacob Brian Freitag | Teddington | children need to be allowed to play in a safe area!! What else do we have within inner city areas & surrounding suburbs that gives children a chance to excercise! with levels of childhood obesity being higher than ever and a link between Anti social behaviour, petty crime and bored kids surely it\'s the wrong place to be making cuts for the sake of the nations future | August 18, 2010 - 1:02 pm |
| Alison Cleland | Granton | August 18, 2010 - 1:10 pm | |
| shanti casali-bell | ulverston | Playbuilder is a great opportunity for businesses and the kids/ schools so keep it going! | August 18, 2010 - 1:14 pm |
| Rachel Beach | Lancaster | Playgrounds are not only an important space for children to play in a safe environment but they are also a great way to help fight childhood obesity. | August 18, 2010 - 1:16 pm |
| Julia Nicholson | Ulverston | August 18, 2010 - 1:19 pm | |
| Nathan Taylor | Bournemouth | August 18, 2010 - 1:20 pm | |
| Kelly Sanderson | Askam in Furness | August 18, 2010 - 1:21 pm | |
| Oscar Lorraine | Bath | This programme is making a real difference to communities, and should be completed in it\'s entirety | August 18, 2010 - 1:21 pm |
| Nicola Smith | Ulverston | August 18, 2010 - 1:24 pm | |
| Paul Mclellan | Allithwaite | Our village playground is a focal point for children and parents alike and is very well used. A well designed playground with updated/new equipment like ours encourages children to get off their Playstations etc and out to do some exercise. | August 18, 2010 - 1:25 pm |
| Alan Clague | Hampstead Norreys | Nice to see the Big Society in action! Nothing else in this village for kids. | August 18, 2010 - 1:26 pm |
| Alison Barker | Ulverston | August 18, 2010 - 1:27 pm | |
| Peta Diana Lusty | Cirencester | August 18, 2010 - 1:28 pm | |
| Lisa Cairns | Dalton in Furness | August 18, 2010 - 1:28 pm | |
| Jonny Mutch | Cirencester/Newquay | Keep the funding going, there are still loads of parks crying out to be built!!! This is all camrons fault the majority of the UK are not intrested in ascot and polo!!!! Give us what we want more skateparks less hunting!!!!!! | August 18, 2010 - 1:29 pm |
| Nazlee Jordan | nottingham | We need playgrounds! They are essential for child development and good for local communities in general. | August 18, 2010 - 1:31 pm |
| Fiona Reid | Edinburgh | August 18, 2010 - 1:33 pm | |
| Tony Postlethwaite | Dalton in Furness | August 18, 2010 - 1:33 pm | |
| Paul Battye | Bolton | New play areas aren\'t only a huge benefit to children, but they also act as a meeting point for members of the community. | August 18, 2010 - 1:34 pm |
| John Hamilton | Dalton in Furness | August 18, 2010 - 1:34 pm | |
| oliver birch | liverpool | this has got to keep going so liverpool can get the half decent park weve always needed | August 18, 2010 - 1:34 pm |
| charlie birch | liverpool | August 18, 2010 - 1:36 pm | |
| harvey | birch | August 18, 2010 - 1:36 pm | |
| karen | birch | August 18, 2010 - 1:36 pm | |
| charlie snr | birch | August 18, 2010 - 1:36 pm | |
| rob | lonorgan | August 18, 2010 - 1:36 pm | |
| rory | jones | August 18, 2010 - 1:36 pm | |
| Emma Cardwell | Horwich | By cutting this investment in play areas, the obvious losers are the children, but the UK businesses involved in designing and building these play areas will also suffer. | August 18, 2010 - 1:36 pm |
| andrew | evans | August 18, 2010 - 1:36 pm | |
| andrew jones | liverpool | August 18, 2010 - 1:37 pm | |
| Amy Halhead | Grange Over Sands | August 18, 2010 - 1:37 pm | |
| charlie birch | liverpool | August 18, 2010 - 1:37 pm | |
| harvey birch | liverpool | August 18, 2010 - 1:37 pm | |
| karen birch | liverpool | August 18, 2010 - 1:37 pm | |
| charlie birch snr | liverpool | August 18, 2010 - 1:37 pm | |
| andrew evans | liverpool | August 18, 2010 - 1:38 pm | |
| Paul Lofthouse | Nottingham | To keep kids off the street, keeping them active and able to socialise in the real world, playgrounds are required! I spent most of my childhood hanging round in play parks... riding bikes, falling off swings, playing football... If we want kids to stay active, we need to give them somewhere safe and central to intract with each other! | August 18, 2010 - 1:40 pm |
| Alex Winstanley | Leeds | Children / Youths are people too. This funding huge differences to be made in the lives of many people throughout the country. This proposed funding cut must NEVER be allowed to happen. | August 18, 2010 - 1:51 pm |
| Toni Flatley | London | August 18, 2010 - 1:55 pm | |
| Adam Nightingale | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 2:01 pm | |
| Sue Mitchener | Poole | Playbuilder Funding has created some amazing projects across the UK and it is sad to see that such a user friendly funding stream is on the brink of closure with many projects in the balance. We work with many community groups and councils and know how much these projects are needed in local communities, some with no provision for their local young people. Prevention is better than cure - these facilities help promote healthy lifestyles and are supported by the Police as they have been proven to reduce anti social behaviour. Funding streams such as this are essential and give young people opportunities to develop many skills - a visit to Midsomer Norton skatepark would be a wake up call to anyone who does not see the benefits. Keep Playbuilder Funding alive! | August 18, 2010 - 2:03 pm |
| Susy Feltham | Bradford | These Play Builder Play Areas were so close to becoming a reality before the funding was whipped away at the last minute. For the amount of time and money already spent on these projects it would be far more cost effective to be finished now rather than later or even never, which would be a total waste of money and resources. | August 18, 2010 - 2:06 pm |
| Gemma Brown | Grange-over-sands | August 18, 2010 - 2:11 pm | |
| jackie robinson | ashford kent | August 18, 2010 - 2:22 pm | |
| Rahul Desai | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 2:24 pm | |
| Lisa Campbell | Haywards Heath | Our children deserve the absolute best | August 18, 2010 - 2:26 pm |
| Ian Hunter | Newcastle | Safe spaces for kids to flourish | August 18, 2010 - 2:28 pm |
| Pamela Rayfield | Kingston | August 18, 2010 - 2:31 pm | |
| Rob Soutar | Withington, Hereford | While savings need to be made, you should not take money away from young people after you have promised it to them. It sets quite the wrong example. Our village has already started and now have to freeze the work. Not good enough | August 18, 2010 - 2:31 pm |
| Abigail Williams | Hampshire | August 18, 2010 - 2:35 pm | |
| Karen Howarth | Ulverston | Please do not underestimate what has been achieved in the past two years - playgrounds offer a positive recreational space for children of all ages; helping to fight childhood obesity and promoting the notion of \'Big Society\', a term coined by our new government. Why cut the Playbuilder Scheme at such a crucial stage? Please continue to fund this programme in its entirety - and give 1000s of children what they have been promised! | August 18, 2010 - 2:37 pm |
| Apart from huge social and physical benefits playgrounds signify children have a valid place in our public spaces, and honour their right to have their needs met. Playbuilder funding is providing so many wonderful play spaces in line with the latest thinking on play and through the funding we are starting to tackle issues of antisocial behavoir and under representation in public space. Don\'t pull out now! Not from play, there are more expensive controversial things you could pull out of... | August 18, 2010 - 2:38 pm | ||
| Ciara Doran | Manchester | August 18, 2010 - 2:42 pm | |
| Sue Maguire | Barrow in Furness | Please continue to support, not only does it allow children to play in a safe area but it also keeps people in jobs. | August 18, 2010 - 2:46 pm |
| Vanessa Brook | Stockport | If this funding is withdrawn our children will be hugely dissappointed. They have been involved with our projects all the way through from the beginning and their expectations are as high as they can be. They need these play areas to keet them active and healthy and to give them a sense of ownership and pride in their involvement. | August 18, 2010 - 2:46 pm |
| Noel Chapman | Grantham | August 18, 2010 - 2:48 pm | |
| George Evans | Manchester | August 18, 2010 - 2:49 pm | |
| Phil Rhoney | Dalton-In-Furness | Play areas are vital for the fitness, well-being and social development of our children | August 18, 2010 - 2:50 pm |
| Heather McAvoy | Stockport | This has been a very succesful project and a very effective use of public funding. It saddens me that yet again children and their right to play are seen as a soft and easy target. We are giving children and young people a very worrying message that and devaluing all the hardwork and commitment that children have given to this project. Worse still we are breaking a promise - for the first time we we able to promise children that they would not only be listened to and have voice but they would be able to see their thoughts and ideas turn into reality. To now have to let children know that all of this has comes to nothing is very sad - and we womder why we have so many disenchanted children and young people! | August 18, 2010 - 2:59 pm |
| Eleanor Gray | Washington | Whilst many families look towards tough financial times ahead it is important that ALL children are provided with access to stimulating and challenging activities supplementing their health and well being. Playbuilder has made a fantastic start in providing this, it would be a massive shame for this investment to not be completed. Cutting this funding will only play part in creating more costs to tackle childhood obesity. | August 18, 2010 - 3:03 pm |
| Debbie Goddard | Warwick | August 18, 2010 - 3:21 pm | |
| Lynette Robertson | Bracknell, Berkshire | Children want and need decent places to play. They are our future. | August 18, 2010 - 3:26 pm |
| andrew burton | sheffield | The need for quality play provision in our public spaces has never been more important and failure to provide such opportunity contravenes our childrens right to play as described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. | August 18, 2010 - 3:28 pm |
| Milly Durrant | Birmingham | August 18, 2010 - 3:31 pm | |
| Adrian Morgan Renshaw | Stockport | We need to invest more in children, our future! Many children have already been consulted on this project...don\'t disappoint them! | August 18, 2010 - 3:35 pm |
| Dionne McFarlane | Edinburgh | August 18, 2010 - 3:54 pm | |
| Christine Preston | Clitheroe | August 18, 2010 - 3:57 pm | |
| John Croasdale | Ulverston | Playbuilder playgrounds will play an important part in building the \'Big Society\' programme. Our communities need \'Playbuilder\' to be completed. Our country faces a huge battle against child obesity and these playgrounds will help to improve the health of the nation\'s children with the long term benefits being massively significant. This investemnet must not be removed. | August 18, 2010 - 4:29 pm |
| Michael Fitzgerald | Ulverston | Please keep Playbuilder funding | August 18, 2010 - 4:33 pm |
| Richard Hutton | Ulverston | August 18, 2010 - 4:34 pm | |
| anne parkin | kingston | It is vital that all children are given an equal opportunity to play outdoors within their local community space. Play areas provide this opportunity in an accessible environment providing free play for all children | August 18, 2010 - 4:36 pm |
| angela maddison | barrow | August 18, 2010 - 4:37 pm | |
| Wendy McGinley | Ulverston | August 18, 2010 - 4:39 pm | |
| Catriona Sale | Kendal | Please reinstate Playbuilder funding | August 18, 2010 - 4:40 pm |
| Will Dove | Ulverston | Kids need playgrounds, people need jobs. cutting playbuilder will cost us both. | August 18, 2010 - 4:40 pm |
| Danielle O\'Connor | Dalton - In - Furness | August 18, 2010 - 4:40 pm | |
| Andrea Moorhouse | Grange-over-sands | August 18, 2010 - 4:40 pm | |
| Janine Hutchings | Preston Lancashire | August 18, 2010 - 4:42 pm | |
| Chris Atkisnson | Bardsea-on-Sea | August 18, 2010 - 4:43 pm | |
| Rebecca Wilson | Ulverston | August 18, 2010 - 4:43 pm | |
| Dan England | Grange-over-Sands | August 18, 2010 - 4:45 pm | |
| Juliet Caldwell | Ulverston | Children need a safe place to play and the play area can be a focal point for the community | August 18, 2010 - 4:48 pm |
| alison nuttall | wesham | August 18, 2010 - 4:49 pm | |
| Michaela Bardsley | st annes on sea | August 18, 2010 - 4:49 pm | |
| Jamie Parkinson | Ulverston | August 18, 2010 - 4:50 pm | |
| AlanUtley | Nottingham | Play areas like these are essential for kids to get safe and supervised exercise, the Government seems to be doing it\'s level best to pull the rug out from under the people who benefit from (especially urban)play areas. | August 18, 2010 - 4:50 pm |
| Diane Kearney | Preston, Lancsahire | Children need playgrounds to play safely in, learn through play, grow with exercise and above all have fun in. | August 18, 2010 - 4:51 pm |
| adelle alexander | sk17 8nd | August 18, 2010 - 4:51 pm | |
| Lisa Illingworth | Bournemouth | Children need a safe place to play. | August 18, 2010 - 4:52 pm |
| Stuart Evans | Worthing | In this day of age where computer games and tv watching is popular playbuilder helped promote outdoor activities and team building to all children and by removing this will help child obesity rise in numbers. | August 18, 2010 - 4:52 pm |
| Howie Watkins | Oxford | This is no way for Government to behave. Hundreds of volunteer house have been spent on these projects. In order to develop their plans for new Playgrounds groups have had to organise, consult, involve and build capacity. If this kind of self-help action isn\'t an example of \'Big Society\' I don\'t know what is? How can the Government expect people to give up vast amounts of time to this kind of community project if the end result is going to be disappointment. You can\'t snatch the rug away from people like this and expect them to ever get involved with Central Government initiatives ever again. | August 18, 2010 - 4:58 pm |
| dan lacey | Bristol | dont take away this great fund we need more skateparks in the uk and its hard enough to get funding as it is let alone taking this away | August 18, 2010 - 5:01 pm |
| Marc Stanier | Stamford, Lincs | Young children need playgrounds. Older children and young adults need skateparks. Stopping as-yet unassigned funding for future projects is bad enough but to take it back from projects that have already been promised it is downright immoral. | August 18, 2010 - 5:02 pm |
| norman drinkall | ulverston | kids need playgrounds | August 18, 2010 - 5:02 pm |
| James Gowans | Molesey | Play is a right, not a luxury. | August 18, 2010 - 5:03 pm |
| Adrian Leech | Huddersfield | August 18, 2010 - 5:07 pm | |
| Patricia Emeny | Stockport | Play Builder project has been a brilliant oppotunity for children to have their say and see the results of their ideas put into a play area. Play is such an important part of every child\'s life and it is a shame to see that this is not deemed important enough to continue this years projects, even though consultation with children has already taken place and areas have been designed. Who is going to be the one to tell them that they may not be getting the play areas now? | August 18, 2010 - 5:08 pm |
| Gaelle Roques | Stockport | August 18, 2010 - 5:08 pm | |
| Alexandra | Mills | Having time and space to play isn\'t a luxury or something meaningless. Play is a crucial element in all children\'s development and has a large impact on everything from coordination skills to being able to maintain relationships. But more importantly, play is a right for all children! And for so many children with their over scheduled and protected lives, going to a play space to play is the only opportunity they have. Not to mention the affect good play spaces have on equality, diversity and community cohesion. | August 18, 2010 - 5:09 pm |
| Mike Heath | Kenilworth | August 18, 2010 - 5:09 pm | |
| Paul Mallinson | Kendal | I was surprised and extremely dissapointed to hear that these cuts are being consider having heard the new Governments pledge around children\'s wellbeing and providing support in this area. Play is an essential part of a childs development and in many cases well maintained & safe local community playgrounds are a childs main opportunity of Play. | August 18, 2010 - 5:21 pm |
| Christopher Compton-Williams | Windsor | August 18, 2010 - 5:23 pm | |
| Peter Robertson | Edinburgh | This fund should not be \'ConDem-ned\'! | August 18, 2010 - 5:27 pm |
| Stephen Pickering | Middlesex | Children of all ages need safe and interesting places to play. | August 18, 2010 - 5:28 pm |
| Andy Stevenson | Market Harborough | Our Children are our future so lets protect our future!! | August 18, 2010 - 5:37 pm |
| Wendy Serpant | Ashford Middlesex | August 18, 2010 - 5:38 pm | |
| nikki pascoe | torquay | why can\'t the government support everone who want to keep their children safe and happy? good on those who are lobbying! | August 18, 2010 - 5:49 pm |
| Jill Mercer | Maidstone | Children need a natural free environment to play and should be able to continue to do this and to have the best facilities for our future generation, to play safetly and every child should be given this opportunity | August 18, 2010 - 5:53 pm |
| Nick Crossley | Worthing | One can only hope that the government swiftly re consider this blatant \"U\" turn on their previously declared manifesto undertakings. Otherwise, what trust can there be in this coalition and which will be swiftly realised & remembered by the next generations of young voters who will be deprived of their right to play in safety !! | August 18, 2010 - 5:53 pm |
| DEBBIE PEARCE | WORTHING | With the continual rise in obesity in children, the proposition by the Government to cut the funding for children\'s playgrounds is completely irresponsible. Children need safe stimulating enviroments where they can \'let off steam\' get exercise and get them away from the stifling world of computers we now seem to live in. What are they thinking of? Children who get plenty of exercise are not usually the ones standing on street corners getting into drugs/alcohol and trouble! | August 18, 2010 - 5:58 pm |
| David Whiteside | Melksham | Our kids are our future and where they live and play is so important for how the develop for the future. Does the government realise how important Playbuilder funding is to private sector business as well as the public sector? | August 18, 2010 - 5:58 pm |
| Graeme Foster | Rye | August 18, 2010 - 5:59 pm | |
| James Pashley | Warrington | \"A civilised society is one which strives to make the world better for its children.\" Kline, 1993 | August 18, 2010 - 5:59 pm |
| Leon Wilson | Bristol | Playbuilder funding has made a huge impact to people’s lives, it encourages building areas that community and families want to use and form places that become a hub for all of the community. | August 18, 2010 - 6:05 pm |
| Terry Sean Warrington | Torrington | playbuilder has been great ,the bar has been raised and there are some great inspirational play areas ,we need to keep creating new play areas that inspire and help children enjoy their childhood. Removing the playbuilder funding will have a drastic effect on many depressed or run down areas | August 18, 2010 - 6:12 pm |
| Sarah Alexander | Thames Ditton | Playbuilder funding is vital to our communities. Children all over the country had their hopes raised when they were promised a better place to play. How can we expect their future involvement in community projects when promises are broken. | August 18, 2010 - 6:34 pm |
| John Reed | Windsor | This funding should continue as it is an important part of child development to continue play in the outside environment rather than electronic games making children more insular. | August 18, 2010 - 6:42 pm |
| dave clark | ashford | August 18, 2010 - 6:58 pm | |
| Helen Gilpin | Ulverston | We should keep outdoor play facilities up to date to try to encourage children to be more active. Taking the funding away stops the facilities being updated or replaced and therefore the existing areas will become unsafe and be removed or closed and the youngsters will then have nothing to encourage them outside to play and exercise. | August 18, 2010 - 7:08 pm |
| Gavin Crane | March Cambridgeshire | we need our playgrounds | August 18, 2010 - 7:09 pm |
| Jack Sadler | Pendeen | Parks are falling apart around the country and some are being sorted out but with out funding there just gonna rot away! | August 18, 2010 - 7:17 pm |
| Samuel Willows Sloper | August 18, 2010 - 7:31 pm | ||
| Christie O\'Carroll | Edinburgh | August 18, 2010 - 7:33 pm | |
| louise coul | glasgow | um.. dnoo :)<3 xx | August 18, 2010 - 7:44 pm |
| kathrynn taylor | stone | we need more playgrounds not less | August 18, 2010 - 7:55 pm |
| jon sekulla | SOUTHSEA | SUPPORT! | August 18, 2010 - 8:06 pm |
| John Smith | Sheffield | please continue to support the playbuilder funding, it is of the upmost importance to build places for young people to have a place to develop and have fun. | August 18, 2010 - 8:08 pm |
| Charlotte Kinealy | Nottingham/Stamford | Surely the best way to engender feelings of community isn\'t to take away places where they are built. | August 18, 2010 - 8:10 pm |
| Stevie Biltcliffe | Appleton, Oxford | As a community we have worked so hard alongside our young residents to obtain the playbuilder grant which will provide them with a playspace. If this money is pulled from this cause are children will miss out on their right to play freely out in the open and continue to play in dangerous areas of our village. | August 18, 2010 - 8:28 pm |
| Claire Hopgood | Appleton | August 18, 2010 - 8:44 pm | |
| Rick Hopgood | Appleton | August 18, 2010 - 8:44 pm | |
| sarah jane williams | appleton | Please continue with this support, it is essential for our community and children. | August 18, 2010 - 8:51 pm |
| Anthony Stiff | Blewbury, Didcot | Much effort and enthusiasm on behalf of our village community has been stopped dead by the news that the funding promised has now been withdrawn. The next generation need \'stuff to do\', need to feel that the promises from their parents and community providers are not empty and hopes are not always dashed so easily. | August 18, 2010 - 9:08 pm |
| Jennifer Burton | Abingdon | August 18, 2010 - 9:10 pm | |
| Peter Beavon | Gosport | Save the playbuilder funding so kids can play | August 18, 2010 - 9:10 pm |
| milly lay | appleton | Please please please continue to support playbuilder funding for Appleton. It will be such an asset to the village | August 18, 2010 - 9:11 pm |
| Nicola Wardell-Yerburgh | Appleton, Abingdon | Appleton and many other villages desperately needs a playarea for their young residents. Many local people are working hard to make this happen and playbuilder was going to be a good starting block for finding the relevant amount of money needed. Please, please continue to support playbuilder and all our young residents. Every child in the UK should have the opportunity to run, play, explore and meet other children. | August 18, 2010 - 9:13 pm |
| Katie McDonald Bruce | Bearsden | There is a significant lack of play facilities for children - they are staying indoors and losing valuable social skills and physical activity is low. From a social aspect - it brings communities together and also offer a free facility for parents to entertain children when times are tough - and they are tough right now. | August 18, 2010 - 9:17 pm |
| Susan Hine | APPLETON, Abingdon | Please do not pull the funding from Playbuilder just as our project was about to become a reality. Both adults and children of all ages would benefit from the playspace we were planning and had worked so hard to achieve. The sums involved are not great but will make a huge difference to the communities for which they were earmarked. | August 18, 2010 - 9:20 pm |
| Barry Leahey | Preston | I am dissapointed to here that the government have such a short term and niave approach. Obesity and anti social behaviour cost billons a year! Where is the commercial logic to remove the vehicle (that costs a fraction) to reduce this? Plus children have fantastic memories, removing xmas would be considered child cruelty, well this is exactly what the government are suggesting. Children dont pay taxes or get winter fuel subsidies so i am interested to see how this government propose to turn these voters of the future back on to their side. Political suicide. Not the best move - lets rethink it before it is too late. | August 18, 2010 - 9:22 pm |
| Alistair Knight | Derby | August 18, 2010 - 9:27 pm | |
| Councillor Martin Wood | Maryport | For a number of years I have been campaigning to enable young people free access to much needed play equipment,but now, central government are preventing that access. We must all continue to fight to retain the freedoms which children need to play. | August 18, 2010 - 9:34 pm |
| vicki crabb | oxford | Children have the right to play in a safe environment it is important to communities too | August 18, 2010 - 9:39 pm |
| Nick Donovan | Nottingham | August 18, 2010 - 9:40 pm | |
| Bimla Ojelay-Surtees | Abingdon | If you want children to develop and succeed in life, then please do not take away a crucial link to enable that....they need their playgrounds. | August 18, 2010 - 9:44 pm |
| Malcolm Cochrane | Shipton under Wychwood | Surely we are the perfect example of \"The Big Society\". | August 18, 2010 - 9:50 pm |
| victoria broadley | appleton | Playbuilder is essential to our village - our children have no-where to go and no-where to play. Please don\'t take this away from them | August 18, 2010 - 10:14 pm |
| Sarah Wallis | Leeds | All the old play areas are tired, and some places don\'t have anything suitable for older kids. We\'re treating all our kids as criminals when they just need somewhere to call their own. We\'re accusing them of being lazy and obese, yet the government want to take these FREE, active areas,they\'ve been promised away. We want to create communities where people come together, kids and adults, yet the funding that will support these schemes is being pulled. I have a son, he doesn\'t go to the playground as its not suitable, it should be, how is it going to happen? I agree that we need to be careful about money, but think about long term, not just short term costs. Pulling funding now will mean more will need to be done in the future to improve play, leading to increased spending. | August 18, 2010 - 10:18 pm |
| David Apomah | Washington, Tyne and Wear | August 18, 2010 - 10:55 pm | |
| Louis John French | Kennington | People have put a lot of hard work into securing funding this should not be taken away. Children already have to many reason to stay in side and not enjoy nature or fresh air BAD decision coalition government. | August 19, 2010 - 12:08 am |
| Nicholas Los | Oxford | Short term narrow minded thinking. This will come back as a worse problem if children aren\'t given an area/s to play | August 19, 2010 - 12:09 am |
| Janet Wager @wagerholds | Leeds | August 19, 2010 - 4:58 am | |
| Tim Wager | Leeds west Yorkshire | August 19, 2010 - 4:59 am | |
| Alison Reed | Goole | August 19, 2010 - 7:20 am | |
| m knowles | Epney | August 19, 2010 - 7:48 am | |
| Darren Brown | Kendal | We need to get children outdoors and playing again in order to promote a healthy lifestyle and community. Continued Playbuilder funding is one of the best ways to guarantee new play areas for our children and give them a safe place to learn and develop. Cutting or suspending this funding does not fit in with the coalition plan to promote local community and \"Big Society\". It needs to be reinstated as soon as possible. | August 19, 2010 - 7:57 am |
| Clive Bramble | Adur and Worthing | The local children are very disappointed after being involved all the way through to chosing what pieces of new equipment they most needed, to now loose the funding. Although we must all tighten our belts, these children are the future strength of this Country and should not be asked to suffer due to our problems. | August 19, 2010 - 8:06 am |
| Graeme Scott | Bedford | August 19, 2010 - 8:12 am | |
| Jill Howarth | Blackpool | August 19, 2010 - 8:13 am | |
| John Robbens | Gloucester | August 19, 2010 - 8:23 am | |
| Mike Hutchings | Preston Lancashire | pathfinder is required to combat choldhood obesity, improve community structures, remove anti social behaviour and reduce associated costs and also keep manufacturing jobs in this country, further easing the burden on the benefits system | August 19, 2010 - 8:30 am |
| Elaine Morris | Yateley | August 19, 2010 - 8:33 am | |
| Maria Cook | Rochester | Children need play and have been deprived of good facilities for a long time | August 19, 2010 - 8:34 am |
| Paul Hales | FLEET | August 19, 2010 - 8:37 am | |
| Dave Bowen | Eastleigh | New and improved play facilities are already making a difference in the Borough. Please rethink and continue the Playbuilder funding. | August 19, 2010 - 8:40 am |
| Kristina Hinks | Nottingham | What better way to fix a \'broken britain\' then to get everyone playing?! Its as important for children as it is for communities and bringing the family together. | August 19, 2010 - 8:49 am |
| Mandy Cox | Selby | A well equipt dedicate play area is the only safe place left for children to play away from their homes when not at school. It\'s the only place a parent can be sure that their child will be able to interact safely with children of a similar age that isn\'t going to cost a fortune in these difficult economic times. | August 19, 2010 - 8:50 am |
| kevin hall | stroud | August 19, 2010 - 8:50 am | |
| Paul Pearson | Edinburgh | August 19, 2010 - 9:05 am | |
| Lucy Newby | Ulverston | Please keep the funding - children need play areas!!!! | August 19, 2010 - 9:09 am |
| Gary Birtwell | Burnley | This is only a relatively small sum of money that will make a huge difference | August 19, 2010 - 9:16 am |
| Andrew Smith | Hillingdon | Playbuilder has made a great difference over the past 2 years to local communities, I would hope that the playbuilder continues for one more year, benefiting 8 -13 year olds as set out in the original program. | August 19, 2010 - 9:17 am |
| Dave Taylor | Wigan | August 19, 2010 - 9:19 am | |
| WAYNE YOUNG | ULVERSTON | KEEP THE FUNDING | August 19, 2010 - 9:21 am |
| William Worthington | Chorley | Please reconsider this announcement which seems to have been made without thought for the impact on jobs and business\' which will be put at risk in the play industry. | August 19, 2010 - 9:21 am |
| Helen Marsh | Nottingham | Hundreds of communities accross the country will benefit hugely from the continuation of this project. To end it prematurely is shortsighted to say the least! | August 19, 2010 - 9:24 am |
| Sean Holehouse | Southampton | The ability for children to play freely outside is a sign of a healthy, vibrant community. While children do not need adults to tell them how to play; parents, communities and government do have a duty to ensure that children have the chance to play every day. The Playbuilder programme has been a long overdue commitment and investment to create quality playful spaces to help fulfil everyone\'s responsibility to children\'s play. | August 19, 2010 - 9:24 am |
| J Tucker | Eastleigh | Children deserve a safe, fun and enjoyable environment to play. Save Plyabuilder funding! | August 19, 2010 - 9:25 am |
| Callum Brown | Maidenhead | August 19, 2010 - 9:30 am | |
| Lyndsey Wilkins | Bournemouth | August 19, 2010 - 9:33 am | |
| Brett Athow | Eastleigh | Adults need playgrounds just as much as the kids. | August 19, 2010 - 9:36 am |
| Ken Hussey | Bridport | A recent scheme completed here at West Bay has been a phenomenal success. A local school for children with special needs have been bringing groups down on a regular basis as their physio regime. All ages are playing together. I have met teens on holiday together from an inner city environment playing with smaller children and encouraging them in play. Because the scheme has followed the Playbuilder ethos it is a genuinely inclusive play area with adults able to play alongside their children. It is not unusual for three generations to play together. Tourism has also benefitted with visitors being drawn to the area showing a clear economic benefit to the area. If the Government want children to stay at home, not exercise and not socialise in a positive way then axing Playbuilder is the right decision. If, however, they are truly committed to the \"Big Society\" then they should be adding to the funding and further developing it. Playbilder funding has proven and tangible social and economic benefits and is one of the most effective tools for the development of social cohesion. | August 19, 2010 - 9:38 am |
| jane cook | tadley | They moan about kids not getting enough exercise | August 19, 2010 - 9:40 am |
| Sarah Spencer | Ulverston | Please continue to support this funding. Play Areas are a vital part of the community, not only for the children but the whole community. | August 19, 2010 - 9:45 am |
| Sarah Magner | Bath | August 19, 2010 - 9:50 am | |
| Stephen \\Bell | Ashford | I think it is a dangerous message to give that play is only affordable in an affluent society, I believe that playbuilder makes a significant contribution to community coheasion and therefore playbuilder funding should not be cut. | August 19, 2010 - 9:50 am |
| Rob Baker | Loughborough | All children have the right to play and we must continue the good work done under the Playbuilder programme so far. These play areas help children develop physically, socially and healthily! | August 19, 2010 - 9:54 am |
| Chris Dodd | Hungerford | Would Playbuilder funding be safer if children could vote? Children are the future - provide good play facilities to aid their development. Playbuilder funding has already helped children, do not take this next tranche of funding away. | August 19, 2010 - 9:56 am |
| Peter Will | Blairgowrie | August 19, 2010 - 9:57 am | |
| Janet Stranks | Leamington Spa | August 19, 2010 - 10:10 am | |
| Gwynneth Edwards | Perth, Scotland | August 19, 2010 - 10:11 am | |
| Greg Seale | Bagshot | Lets not slip back to the bad old days of poor provision for play and unimaginative play boxes | August 19, 2010 - 10:16 am |
| Paul Peacock | Maidstone | Please continue to support phase three playbuilder funding. | August 19, 2010 - 10:22 am |
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| Kirsty Hetherington | Barrow-in-Furness | August 19, 2010 - 10:24 am | |
| Jodi Benson | London | Playbuilder is really important, especially in smaller communities which often get forgotten about by the Government. | August 19, 2010 - 10:34 am |
| John Parker | Kendal | Keep building playgrounds and get kids off computers and vido games | August 19, 2010 - 10:39 am |
| Rob Wilson | Stirling | August 19, 2010 - 10:41 am | |
| Phillip Snell | Milton Keynes | Life is not fair, this message will be strong on the lips of the hundreds of thousands of children up and down the country who have been aked to participate in the design of their parks - that may not happen yet. As proffesionals we take great care in not promising or raising false expectations, howerer in this case we had a signed contract! Guess I know how Nevile Chamberlin felt now> | August 19, 2010 - 10:47 am |
| Corinne Green | Appleton | We need this play space. There is nowhere for the village children to meet and play safely and it would give them the freedom they need in the safety of their own village - just what governments should be encouraging! | August 19, 2010 - 10:47 am |
| Tony Hill | Southampton | To pull this funding in the last six months of a three year programme is so short sighted, community and children\'s expectations raised, but then of course children don\'t vote - soft target for cuts. Restore Playbuilder/pathfinder funding. | August 19, 2010 - 10:54 am |
| David Willey | Manchester | It\'s massively important that children can play and exercise in a safe environment! Don\'t take this away from tomorrows generation. | August 19, 2010 - 10:57 am |
| Simon Ward | Warrington | August 19, 2010 - 11:00 am | |
| Rachel Aston | Warrington | August 19, 2010 - 11:01 am | |
| Sophie Holt | Corby | Unstructured play in safe, stimulating environments is so important in children\'s physical and social development | August 19, 2010 - 11:03 am |
| Chris Greener | Manchester, Greater Manchester | August 19, 2010 - 11:07 am | |
| Sarah vincent | Blewbury | Play parks can be the centre of a community. All children deserve good play facilities | August 19, 2010 - 11:11 am |
| Dawn Purves | London | After so many people have worked so hard over so many years and it has made such a difference, surely we can\'t stop now. | August 19, 2010 - 11:18 am |
| Andrew Furness | Hamilton | August 19, 2010 - 11:19 am | |
| Chris Ogden | Worcester | August 19, 2010 - 11:20 am | |
| caroline Froude | Andover | August 19, 2010 - 11:21 am | |
| Andy Smith | Rawtenstall | Under 18s need somewhere to gather safely with something to occupy them! Otherwise they will find their own amusement with other people\'s property! | August 19, 2010 - 11:21 am |
| Catherine Taylor | Brighton | Playgrounds had been grossly underfunded for decades before Playbuilder, which isn\'t a luxury but a long overdue investment in our future. | August 19, 2010 - 11:21 am |
| Philip Bittner | Melbourne | August 19, 2010 - 11:21 am | |
| Sarah Wickham | Maidstone | August 19, 2010 - 11:21 am | |
| Keith Bulmer | Gateshead | A good example of Cameron\'s Big Society - just talk | August 19, 2010 - 11:21 am |
| Gill Rogers | Isle of Wight | Playbuilder is essential to allow children to grow, to know dangers but more importantly for many playgrounds are the only place for some children to be able to get outside activity. Michael Gove hang your head in shame. Communities were promised these funds and now they are snatched away. | August 19, 2010 - 11:22 am |
| Angela Harris | Brighton & Hove | August 19, 2010 - 11:22 am | |
| Andrew Golding | Knottingley | Playbuilder funding is essential to ensure our children receive the quality of play proviosion they need and deserve | August 19, 2010 - 11:22 am |
| John Taylor | Northiam | Children need playgrounds to get from looking at too much TV and computers and to help them to mix with other kids, especially in the villages. | August 19, 2010 - 11:22 am |
| Kirsten Williams | Blackpool | August 19, 2010 - 11:23 am | |
| Isabelle Edman | Kilmuckridge, Gorey, Co. Wexford | Play is a fundamental right for all children - please complete this important investment. | August 19, 2010 - 11:23 am |
| Didy Ward | Bungay | After many many days of volunteer work to have the plug pulled now is heartbreaking, for those of us who have put in the time but more importantly for the children. This kind of disappointment can only lead to negative behaviour. | August 19, 2010 - 11:23 am |
| Siona Hawke | Southend on Sea | August 19, 2010 - 11:23 am | |
| Jim Duke | London | August 19, 2010 - 11:24 am | |
| andrew mulligan | colne | August 19, 2010 - 11:24 am | |
| James Gordon | Middlesbrough | August 19, 2010 - 11:25 am | |
| Tanya Wilson | London | August 19, 2010 - 11:25 am | |
| Lynne Morgan | Wellington, Telford | Cuts in play will have far reaching implications, not only on children\'s behaviour and development but on all the people who\'se jobs rely on the implementation of play facilities; the designers and landscape architects, the play equipment suppliers, the contractors, rospa and the police and other acencies who will have to deal with even more antisocial behaviour, and the general public who will be at the receiving end of the actions of bored children! This should not just be an easy \'cut\' option for the government! | August 19, 2010 - 11:25 am |
| Lorna Cruice | Bolton | Many Playbuilders schemes are at a point where contracts are due to be let. A lot of time and money by communities, Local Authority Officers, design professionals, contractors and play delivery companies has been spent. It would be a complete waste of the government money spent so far and truly a complete lack of commom sense if these schemes were not allowed to come to fruition and be built on site. | August 19, 2010 - 11:26 am |
| Gary Cooper | Durham | Young people need services that can stimulate physical activity and good quality playgrounds provides this opportunity to motivate and encourage young people away from X-box and Wii’s, into a healthier way of life | August 19, 2010 - 11:26 am |
| Mark Hardy | Northampton | August 19, 2010 - 11:26 am | |
| Chris Ayling | Cleator | August 19, 2010 - 11:26 am | |
| Mark Brion | August 19, 2010 - 11:27 am | ||
| Colin Turrell-Brown | Milton Keynes | Playbuilder funding is important for communities and for the families of those involved with the playground industry. | August 19, 2010 - 11:28 am |
| Peter Robinson | Grange-over-Sands | Continued funding for playgrounds is essential to aid the development of physical skills and co-ordination by small children. Our local playgrounds must be 40 years old or more and desperately need modernising and upgrading to provide better challenges for the kids who use them. | August 19, 2010 - 11:28 am |
| Owain Prosser | Hereford | August 19, 2010 - 11:28 am | |
| Tracey Appleby | Waterhouses, Durham | Children need to have playgrounds. They need to be able to have fun and play together instead of playing on consoles and not communicating with others. | August 19, 2010 - 11:28 am |
| Mark Brion | Toronto Bishop Auckland | Looking at all the reports about obesity in children surely this is important to encourage children to go outdoors and play and therfore keep fit ! | August 19, 2010 - 11:29 am |
| Margaret Palmer | Rottingdean | children\'s play areas are essential for the development of happy healthy children. | August 19, 2010 - 11:29 am |
| alex craufurd | stewarton | August 19, 2010 - 11:30 am | |
| Clare Collins | Haywards Heath | So much time and effort has been put into these projects already with many children and their parents expectations being raised and now shattered. It would be a tragedy for local communities across the nation to be let down. | August 19, 2010 - 11:31 am |
| Gill Bryan | Doveridge | We now have our village playground (completed June 2009) and it is a real asset, keeping children active and occupied and saving resources as parents do not have to travel by car to access play facilities. Please continue to fund playgrounds and help other towns and villages to provide safe play for children. | August 19, 2010 - 11:32 am |
| Susan Bartlett | Manchester | Clearly children need attractive and safe alternatives to TV and computer games. Playgrounds are vital in urban areas to lure them to exercise and socialise in the fresh air and in the current financial climate - use is free. | August 19, 2010 - 11:32 am |
| Leonie Cormac | Reigate | August 19, 2010 - 11:33 am | |
| Emma Wallis | Grantham | August 19, 2010 - 11:33 am | |
| Linda Brittain | Thornton le Dale | This money is vital for up dating Englands play grounds and is invaluable in promoting natural play | August 19, 2010 - 11:34 am |
| Laurie Sangwin | Manchester | August 19, 2010 - 11:34 am | |
| Guy Walters | Edinburgh | School grounds have historically been the last aspect of school design to be thought of and the first element to be cut when budgets are strained, but they can have a dramatic impact in promoting positive behaviour in schools, encouraging better concentration in lessons and developing a healthier generation through a variety of active play. If we do not respect the rights of children to have well designed and stimulating school playgrounds to play in how can we expect them to respect the rights of adults to have well designed and clean spaces of their own. It is vital that funding is not cut in this important area of child development. | August 19, 2010 - 11:35 am |
| Neil Evans | Worthing | My twins are nearly two and we were looking forward to regular visits to our local playground which used to be a pleasant and safe park to go to. After removing one of the main items and just leaving a mud patch, i think it is a total disgrace that funding is being pulled. I am in complete support of this action so good luck | August 19, 2010 - 11:37 am |
| Padraig O\'Donohoe | Gorey | Playgrounds are being vandalised by thugs every day and need to be ressurected - These people should be caught and punished. Please don\'t cut funding for playgrounds | August 19, 2010 - 11:38 am |
| Sarah Barber | Sheffield | Children\'s Play has suffered from a lack of funding for many years. The playbuilder Project is a great opportunity to change this. Many of the play areas funded by this project are in areas where there is little for local children to do. Many of the projects have been developed in partnership with local communities & local councils, a perfect example of the \"Big Society\" In the scheme of things the Playbuilder fund is not a lot of money but the benefits to the wider community vastly outweighs the cost. KEEP PLAYBUILDER PLEASE!! | August 19, 2010 - 11:38 am |
| Kerry Parr | Grantham | August 19, 2010 - 11:38 am | |
| Alasdair Ward | Poole | They are ruining our children\'s futures, this is vindictive madness by an uncaring government. Clearly Cameron\'s \"Big Society\" is just a smoke screen for money saving scams | August 19, 2010 - 11:39 am |
| Jamie Dammes | Grantham | David Cameron - More cuts than Zorro. | August 19, 2010 - 11:40 am |
| Don Stewart | Romford | please continue to support the Playbuilder project. Children and their families in Havering are flocking to parks where new play areas have been built during the summer holidays. To stop now would be such a shame | August 19, 2010 - 11:40 am |
| Neil Crawley | Burton on Trent | August 19, 2010 - 11:41 am | |
| Matthew Unwin | Manchester | A panic action by our government without the thought on its many implications. Children will suffer long term and fall further behind in develoment compared to other nations. This is alongside the other linking issues such as obesity, anti-social behaviour, etc. Also more of us on the TORY DOLE QUEUE. What about the money that has been spent already on the design work, consultation, etc, that has now been wasted. ABSOLUTE STUPIDITY. Children are our future. | August 19, 2010 - 11:41 am |
| Little Toddy Pipkin | I need somewhere to graze my knees. | August 19, 2010 - 11:41 am | |
| Michael Sheppard | Stoke | Play provision for less affluent areas is important,not just as a tool to combat health issues, but these imaginative schemes provide places where adults with children can interact and where community spirit can develop. Play provision may be viewed lowly in terms of importance but its not just about a lack of play spaces available. There are the far ranging job losses that will be experienced through the funding cuts. | August 19, 2010 - 11:42 am |
| Stan Gyford | Sutton St Nicholas | The village children contributed enthusiastically to the design of the new play area. What sort of message does the project being cancelled send them? I could understand if they became disenchanted and reluctant to contribute to the community in future. | August 19, 2010 - 11:42 am |
| Linda Hedley | Ashford | To many cuts too fast and no way of letting local councils know what is being replaced once everything is taken away. | August 19, 2010 - 11:43 am |
| Tijuana Heston | Grantham | Long live the great British playground. | August 19, 2010 - 11:44 am |
| Kamil Budzynski | Edinburgh | August 19, 2010 - 11:44 am | |
| Katja Gahno | Glasgow | Children need interesting places to play, it is one important way for them to get to know their environment and also interact with other children! | August 19, 2010 - 11:45 am |
| Pat Chapman | Manchester | August 19, 2010 - 11:46 am | |
| Monica Pringle | Manchester | August 19, 2010 - 11:46 am | |
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| Tracy Healy | Derry | I work in a support accomadation for young parents age 16-25yrs. If we had not received the funding that was need to build a safe out door space for these families we as an organisation could not of provided this area for the young parents and their children within the project. As I am sure your are aware that phyical activity is very important for young children\'s development and their parents in that it enable parents to get out into the fresh air with their children and support their children\'s enjoyment of learning in a organised, challenging and structured area for children and to enjoy and develop their play and motor skills and help them to realise their full potential. Promote the right of all children to play regardless of background. | August 19, 2010 - 11:48 am |
| Adam Seales | Hevingham | August 19, 2010 - 11:48 am | |
| Ellie | Coventry | How short-sighted of the government to cut funding for one of the most important investments in our children and young people | August 19, 2010 - 11:49 am |
| Lorraine | Watts | Playbuilder provides essential play areas for children from all backgrounds, are used by all of the community for relatively little cost. Surveys have shown that children\'s play areas and parks are the most cost effective form of entertainment for and promote a healthy life style. | August 19, 2010 - 11:49 am |
| Ronald | Watts | Where else can children play safely if play areas are not built, repaired and refurbished? | August 19, 2010 - 11:50 am |
| Jean Williams | Reigate | August 19, 2010 - 11:51 am | |
| Michael Rowland | Littlehampton | We must value our children, they are our future. Play is an essential part of their education. As we become more and more densely populated we need to give our children somewhere to play freely. Sadly, the opportunity for true \'natural play\' is becoming less and less. It would be a great mistake to cut back on the development of play facility at this stage. | August 19, 2010 - 11:51 am |
| Kira Shepherd | Halifax | We are lucky to have had most of our local parks refurbished, it does make such a difference to the children and others should also benefit from this funding. | August 19, 2010 - 11:52 am |
| Ian Worsley | Salford | August 19, 2010 - 11:52 am | |
| Emma | Wright | My kids love their play area. All children should have a play ground. Keep this funding in place! | August 19, 2010 - 11:52 am |
| Guy Humphryes | Addlestone | Playbuilder has massively improved the play facilities for kids all over the UK, and to leave an initiative like this incomplete is nothing short of criminal. The costs of not developing these areas could be huge in terms of social damage. | August 19, 2010 - 11:53 am |
| clare sambrook | penrith | So much for the Big Society. . .govt shouldn\'t need reminding why good playgrounds are important for health, social cohesion, reducing anti-social behaviour. . . If we want children to show respect, we need to set an example : by providing them with good safe places to play. | August 19, 2010 - 11:54 am |
| Carol Hackett | Clerk Market Lavington Parish Council | Play Areas are an invaluable part of a childs development, and it is very short sited of the Government to consider pulling the funding for the Playbuilder scheme as part of it\'s proposed package of cuts. | August 19, 2010 - 11:54 am |
| Martin | Wright | Fewer play areas generally leads to more vandalism and poorer behaviour. Kids burn off their excess energy in parks and play grounds. Surely that has to be better? | August 19, 2010 - 11:54 am |
| Paul Tucker | Hoddesdon | Please support playbuilding funds, we was all children once, so dont let the children of today be penalised from having fun and end up like couch potatoes | August 19, 2010 - 11:55 am |
| Alan Pankhurst | Ullesthorpe | Kids need places to play, think about the future !! | August 19, 2010 - 11:56 am |
| Philippa Rodgers | Bury | August 19, 2010 - 11:56 am | |
| Janet Eustace | Carterton | The refurbishment of our town centre play area is badly needed. We had been awarded Playbuilder funding for this. Its withdrawal will be a huge blow to all those who have worked so hard on the project. | August 19, 2010 - 11:58 am |
| Hilary MacDonald | Lochinver | August 19, 2010 - 11:58 am | |
| Jill Musson | Newark | Playbuilder has given new life to our playgrounds over the last two years, along with Big Lottery Funding, and new play opportunities for children making them more active and healthy dont waste the progress already made and make children the easy target for cuts. | August 19, 2010 - 11:59 am |
| Graham Crompton-Howe | Owmby by Spital | Small village plenty of fields surrounding it all cultivated to the limit, children play ball in the street! Been trying for years to get a playing field off the ground. Need the land but this will not help. 2010 children no where to play says what we are comming to. | August 19, 2010 - 11:59 am |
| David Bennison | Preston | Children are our future - please continue the playbuilder funding. | August 19, 2010 - 12:00 pm |
| Amy Wood | Deal | Children need playgrounds to learn and have fun. | August 19, 2010 - 12:01 pm |
| Gary Keegan | Glasgow | Kids need somewhere to play, if not they get bored and if they are bored with nothing to do they end up getting into trouble. KEEP OUR KIDS ACTIVE!!!!!!!! | August 19, 2010 - 12:05 pm |
| Helen Soper | Dickleburgh | August 19, 2010 - 12:06 pm | |
| Angela Porter | Lincoln | outdoor activities, social interaction, community cohesion, creative play - playgrounds tick all the boxes - so why cut back at a time when it is needed more than ever?? | August 19, 2010 - 12:06 pm |
| Kath Clark | Cononley, Keighley | As volunteers, our committee dedicate their personal time for the benefit of our community. Our hard work paid off when we learned of the funding. Surely Playbuilder ticks the boxes that Cameron is concerned about and needs to fund....obesity, social development, education, health, community cohesion, big society, devolved responsibility to communities???? I don\'t get it!! | August 19, 2010 - 12:06 pm |
| Jeremy Sacha | Banbury | Playbuilder was just beginning to make real improvements to the play environments for our children. When money is short parents cant afford to take their children out to theme parks etc and children become more and more dependent upon local play facilities. In our haste to cut back on public expenditure we must protect the most vulnerable and those who don\'t have a choice. If we truly believe that children are our future we must fight the cut to Playbuilder funding and support the local communities (The Folks) who want to do more for their young people. | August 19, 2010 - 12:08 pm |
| Jamie Park | Carlisle | August 19, 2010 - 12:10 pm | |
| Nigel Allcott | Daventry | Playbuilder funding is vital to support the health and welfare of the nations children through play! | August 19, 2010 - 12:11 pm |
| Robert W Howard | Dry Drayton | There are many communities still without playgrounds and grants to support purchase of equipment is vital to meet this need since land also has to be found. | August 19, 2010 - 12:11 pm |
| Nicky Upton | Harlington | August 19, 2010 - 12:11 pm | |
| DT Leisure | Kettering | Please continue to support Playbuilder | August 19, 2010 - 12:12 pm |
| Geoff Brown | Gloucester | Play develops youngsters into responsible adults. Play in an organised and safe environments is essential to our future and to rob our children of the correct and natural development found in playbuilder through back tracking on promises will rob our nation of better citizens. | August 19, 2010 - 12:13 pm |
| John Goodwin | Felixstowe | Children need Playgrounds, remember the obesity crisis | August 19, 2010 - 12:18 pm |
| Spencer Burnham | Daventry | August 19, 2010 - 12:19 pm | |
| Pat chapman | Manchester | Playbuilder has just re-developed our adventure playground. The children love it, the parents love it, the local community love it, because it is an integral part of their lives. Childrens\' play areas have been cut, cut and cut again. The adventure playgrounds are quality provision on the cheap. How much do we value our children? Playbuilder should be supported in every possible way. Our children are part of the BIG SOCIETY too!!! | August 19, 2010 - 12:20 pm |
| Suzanne Feldberg | Milton keynes | Please continue to fund playbuilder - This not only is so important for the children but also many jobs will be lost for people who work in the Play industry. | August 19, 2010 - 12:21 pm |
| Sally | Guildford | Playgrounds are essential! | August 19, 2010 - 12:22 pm |
| Vic Trigwell | Barton under Needwood Staffs | We have already started our project constuction and still we have been told to stop work. It could cost more to do nothing than to finish the job, because there will be contractral claims for the delay and contract default. Have they stopped everyone in the middle of a legal contract? | August 19, 2010 - 12:24 pm |
| Nina Roe | London | Playgrounds are a neccessity. | August 19, 2010 - 12:25 pm |
| Lois Brown | Cononley, Keighley | For committed volunteers who have worked tirelessly to secure the funding required to lose the funds just before implementation is devastating for those involved in the project planning and completion, but more importantly for those children who may no longer benefit from the changes planned. Please continue to support this campaign and make the government see sense that this funding is important to the foundation of our societies health, happiness and development. | August 19, 2010 - 12:26 pm |
| stuart liddle | Halifax | Play is a right kids have. In fact, not just kids, grown ups too.! | August 19, 2010 - 12:27 pm |
| Patrick Barnes | London | A lot of people in communities around the country put in a huge amount of effort to get these grants. The application process required consulting with schools and residents, getting playground designs agreed, and writing a comprehensive justification for the budget. This was David Cameron\'s Big Society in action. So, for him to remove these grants, just as work was about to start, is not just a kick in the teeth for those communities and their children, but it shows what an utter farce this notion of Big Society is. We wonder why the UK has such problems with child obesity and sporting failure and then we take away the playgrounds. The long term cost to the country\'s health bill will be far higher. | August 19, 2010 - 12:27 pm |
| Isabel Clarke | London | August 19, 2010 - 12:28 pm | |
| Sarah Hynes | Edinburgh | Playgrounds are essential for the welfare, socializing, fitness and most importantly PLAY for children of all ages. The creative and open ended play which has been fostered and encourage by the playbuilder scheme helps develop smart and creative kids. Communal play and the whole process of play area development helps strengthen communities... What a shortsighted way to try to save money! Please reinstate the grants and continue to provide funding for good quality play provision. | August 19, 2010 - 12:28 pm |
| Joanne Zahelr | low Bentham | As a small village, we are dependant on Funding like Playbuilder to support the development of our local playing field. Without the possibility of funding, we have to drive 15 minutes to our nearest play park. | August 19, 2010 - 12:30 pm |
| susan bateman | brighton | August 19, 2010 - 12:32 pm | |
| Gill Jennings | Selsey | August 19, 2010 - 12:33 pm | |
| Diana Carney | Wylam, Northumberland | Please continue to support this innovative approach to providing natural play for children. | August 19, 2010 - 12:35 pm |
| Janine Millard | Eastleigh | This programme should be completed as it is making a real difference to communities across the country, it strengthens communities and encourages play which would not occur otherwise! | August 19, 2010 - 12:35 pm |
| Kevin Johnson | Sunderland | The sums of money to be saved from cutting play provision is trifling in comparison to the overall health budget. Outdoor play encourages healthy minds and bodies and helps kids to socialise. In Sunderland we have been fortunate to see what benefits can be achieved through the Play Pathfinder programme. It should be continued across the whole country | August 19, 2010 - 12:38 pm |
| Tamzin Wickenden | Sevenoaks | It is vital that children and youths have places they can meet, play outside and exercise legitimately for free. And parents and carers need places they can take children to amuse them without having to pay an entrance fee - especially if they are on limited incomes. The Government wants and needs a physically healthy and metally happy population (its cheaper)....\"Healthy Lifestyles\"? - Good play in good parks, available to everyone is such an obvious solution - its not rocket science! Think of it as insurance and continue Playbuilder funding please. | August 19, 2010 - 12:38 pm |
| Alice Hall | Broad Chalke | Broad Chalke is a typical rural village with few amenities for children/young teenagers in the surrounding area. We ask for and receive little financial support, so the playground refurbishment has created huge excitement. After working on the project and preparing the ground for 6 months, should the funding be pulled, disappointment would be an understatement. | August 19, 2010 - 12:38 pm |
| Dorothy Jones | Shrewsbury | The withdrawal of playbuilder funding has left many rural communities reeling. The goverment should realise that although projects have not put spades into the ground it does not mean no work has been done. The amount of underpinning work to put a play area into the ground should not be under estimated. Here in Shropshire most of the year two playbuilder projects are community led and right now the communities are very disappointed. What do you say to young people when they ask what happened? Last month invitations to tender were issued and then withdrawn. No wonder children and young people feel let down when consultation and involvement in community projects is ignored and funding withdrawn at the blink of an eye. Think of the positive outcomes from the previous years projects. As NICK CLEGG said on 17 June firstly \"I believe we have that responsibility not just as individuals but as a generation, too. We have to think about the world we are creating for those who will follow us. We have to think about the lives they will live as much - or even more than - we think about ourselves. And that\'s a responsibility I think this generation has neglected. We have built a Britain not fit for our children to grow up in.For too many British children, childhood has become a time of stress, anxiety and insecurity... When it should be a time of discovery, learning and adventure. My purpose in politics - and the job of this Coalition Government - is to change that. and the fourth priority was \"Fourth, every parent understands the importance of a secure environment for their children. Spaces where they can play, where they can feel completely free, where they can safely push at the boundaries, learning and experimenting. Places where different generations can meet, binding the community together... If you ask adults if they used to play near their homes as children, 71% will tell you they did. Every single day. That compares to just 21% of children now. It\'s not right, and it has to change. But, despite how obvious that is, I do appreciate that there\'s no easy answer. Is this just rhetoric? or does he mean what he says? If so continue with the Playbuilder funding!!! Give communities places to meet and play together | August 19, 2010 - 12:39 pm |
| R. Wickens | Wolverhampton | August 19, 2010 - 12:39 pm | |
| Peter Chapman | Stroud | August 19, 2010 - 12:40 pm | |
| Jonas Bower | Salisbury | August 19, 2010 - 12:41 pm | |
| Ann Perkins | Brackley | Childrens play helps with their development and gives them a great platform for healthy and safe exercise. With so many unfit children growing up in our country today the more play areas there are the better. It might help to keep the down the future cost of health care. | August 19, 2010 - 12:43 pm |
| Helen Pearce | Northwich | Please continue the funding, children need upgraded play spaces to keep them healthy. | August 19, 2010 - 12:45 pm |
| John W. Dixon | Consett | What a backward, unreasonable step for this government to take. Itb is obvious to everyone that children need safe playgrounds for their safety and wellbeing. | August 19, 2010 - 12:46 pm |
| Richard Stuart | Ballynahinch | No cuts thanks - support the child\'s right to play | August 19, 2010 - 12:47 pm |
| roger wilde | oldham | playgrounds are vital to the development of children | August 19, 2010 - 12:48 pm |
| Julie Murray | Lincoln | Play areas are an important part of every community. | August 19, 2010 - 12:51 pm |
| Adrian Cottrell | Coventry | Here in Coventry we\'ve been campaigning for a new skatepark for about 2 years now. The skateparks we have are mediocre at best, providing only the bare minimum for the local skate scene and the local youth, and we\'re in the kind of situation that would need Playbuilders funding or something similar to get the project o...ff the ground. With skatepark design and build quality improving immensely over the last 5 years, funding schemes like the Playbuilder project need to be kept in order to get the UK up to speed with skateparks in the rest of Europe and even America. Skateparks are extremely positive places for all ages to visit - younger kids can learn from older skaters, kids learn to respect others and take turns, and also skateparks bridge the important gap between play, sport and art. For this positive impact on the youth to continue, Playbuilders funding needs to stay! | August 19, 2010 - 12:53 pm |
| Hamish Cleland | Glasgow | Scrapping the Trident replacement would enable funding of accessible play areas for most the the young people in the land. What is important, the lining of the pockets of the individuals, businesses and associated quango members or the future health and wellbeing of our young people? You choose! | August 19, 2010 - 12:55 pm |
| Linda Palmer | Broadway | Any funding which encourages childrens development utilising differing methods of cognitive process through play should be continued and enhanced. The next generation are the future of our country and progress should be enhanced in any manner possible. I hope Playbuilder will be reconsidered in the near future. | August 19, 2010 - 12:56 pm |
| Patricia Latham | Chesterfield | Do we want overweight children with health problems due to lack of excerise. Install more play areas and less computors! Don\'t let them people sitting on their b....s take away the Playbuilder funding. | August 19, 2010 - 12:58 pm |
| PETER BURROWS | DURHAM | Play forms a vital part of the healthy development of children and plays a vital role in reducing childhood obesity and anti-social behaviour. It can also make a vast contribution to communities as a whole. The Playbuilder programme provides financial support to local community and voluntary groups who are trying to improve their neighbourhoods and their childrens prospects - a great example of the \'Big Society\' at work. By removing this funding the Government is showing that it is not at all committed to developing their idea of the \'Big Society\'. | August 19, 2010 - 1:01 pm |
| maggie masters | bridlington | Children need a safe area in which to play. it is important for their growing,independence, and character building.It is also healthier than being cooped up indoors . | August 19, 2010 - 1:03 pm |
| Steven Geary | Newtown, Powys | The Playbuilder programme should be continued, especially projects which are already in the process of application in order to provide safe areas for children to play. | August 19, 2010 - 1:05 pm |
| joanne sheridan | Ealing london | I have seen the impact that play & (especialy natural)environments have on the lives of children & young people. From social, physical and a health perspective. Communities thrive on cross-generational interaction & communication and our parks & open spaces provide this breathing space. | August 19, 2010 - 1:06 pm |
| Katherine Stalham | Kingston, Cambridge | Our very small village has benefitted from this funding and it is a pleasure to see children using the playground and adults meeting and talking in the playground. It is a community resource and a much needed and used facility. As so many services are being cut to save money, it does make sense to keep some of the funding to build/refurbish playgrounds to keep children healthy and give adults \'free\' entertainment for their children when money is tight in the present economy. | August 19, 2010 - 1:12 pm |
| Peter Dunhill | Shrewsbury | I think playgrounds are really important and that the Playbuilder Funding has been fantastic and should continue | August 19, 2010 - 1:19 pm |
| caroline levett | smarden | August 19, 2010 - 1:20 pm | |
| Fiona Stokes | Brighton & Hove | play builder year 2 has been planned and consulted on and is in the public arena. Losing the funding now leaves communities feeling ignored and without a voice. | August 19, 2010 - 1:23 pm |
| Len Orpin | Grays | It is sad that the plybuilder funding has been taken away, as this will go against government policy for encourageing healthy children. | August 19, 2010 - 1:34 pm |
| Rita Swindle | Alston | Every child should have access to a play area in their village or town. | August 19, 2010 - 1:35 pm |
| Warren Heaton | Worcester | This funding is providing invaluable resources to the communities that most need it. | August 19, 2010 - 1:35 pm |
| Bradley Cummings | London | Adventure Playgrounds are vital for children and young people growing up in an inner-city enviroment, taking these away could have detrimental consequences in the future. Spending more on Play would result in huge savings in other areas. Play should be apart of \'\'human rights\'\' | August 19, 2010 - 1:37 pm |
| Chris Allen | Leeds | August 19, 2010 - 1:38 pm | |
| Tony Knight | London | Play allows kids to express their feelings, and be their selves. | August 19, 2010 - 1:39 pm |
| JULIA EDWARDS | LONDON | Playbuyilder gives great opportunities for communuities to expand the type of play available to children. All the communities that were awarded funding have high expectations which are going to be shattered by pulling the funding at this late stage. | August 19, 2010 - 1:39 pm |
| laura reidman | chichester | Children need playgrounds as part of their learning.We all need usable green open space. | August 19, 2010 - 1:40 pm |
| Jason Boom | Hebden Royd Town Council | It has been invaluable in helping us redevelop our facilities for young people. Without we would still have old, unchallenging, dangerous and dare I say rubbish facilities for youngsters who really deserve great play areas. | August 19, 2010 - 1:40 pm |
| Evereld Carroll Trevor | Barnard Castle | Children need safe places to play in. Do not cut the funding that gives access to playgrounds and their up-grade and maintenance. | August 19, 2010 - 1:42 pm |
| Trevor Pybus | Lewisham | After all the work and effort in engaging with young people in doing something positive around play grounds it is a real crime to stop phase three | August 19, 2010 - 1:42 pm |
| Kate Broadbent | Manchester | August 19, 2010 - 1:44 pm | |
| Karen Potter | Harlington, Nr. Dunstable | We are currently in the process of trying to update our play area. It is over 40 years old and is in a seriously dilapidated condition. Our children need this area to play,to enhance their skills, to help them grow and learn. Without the essential Playbuilder funding we shall be unable to go ahead. As it is we are hard-pressed to find many other fund holders. | August 19, 2010 - 1:45 pm |
| Chris Broadbent | Wilmslow | August 19, 2010 - 1:48 pm | |
| David Sutton | Mundesley | This funding is vitial for small communities like ours to be able to develop suitable facilities for local children. Taking away this funding send the message that the funding for young people and projects for the young are not important. | August 19, 2010 - 1:50 pm |
| David John Hall | Ruddington. Nottingham | It is an insane policy to deny these playgrounds being built. By not having play facilities you encourage vandalism and anti social behaviour the cost of this will be greater than the provision of these playgrounds.We in Ruddington have proved this by providing a small play area which has been used to its fullest capacity and our anti social behaviour and vandalism have decreased. | August 19, 2010 - 1:51 pm |
| Amanda Terry | Aylesbury | Children need Safe areas to play to develop essential skills. They are our future and need investment! | August 19, 2010 - 1:53 pm |
| Mrs Pamela Hughes | Llangollen | Children learn through play - playgrounds are in important part of child development - getting \'fresh air\' away from the tv or computer and encouranging activity to improve health. | August 19, 2010 - 2:00 pm |
| SAS Playgrounds Ltd | Wimborne | Please support new & refurbishment of Playgrounds | August 19, 2010 - 2:00 pm |
| Charlie Russell | Sheffield | August 19, 2010 - 2:03 pm | |
| David Wallis BA (hons) | Salisbury | Playspace consultant for the South West (eibe play Ltd) Please continue to fund the phase three playbuider funding. I meet with local communitities every day who ask me \'where can we get funding for our playground\'. Communities need to improve their public playspaces to encourage social intergration for the whole family whilst improving their well being and exercise. These communities need all the support they can get. | August 19, 2010 - 2:03 pm |
| Pauline Davies | Mold | Children need these play areas to develop their play skills in a safe environment. | August 19, 2010 - 2:04 pm |
| janet kelly | kielder | children need safe place\'s to play not street corners | August 19, 2010 - 2:07 pm |
| Ben Montague | Barrow in Furness | August 19, 2010 - 2:10 pm | |
| Helen Coyle | Manchester | August 19, 2010 - 2:17 pm | |
| Donna Bugdol | Rotherham | August 19, 2010 - 2:22 pm | |
| Matthew Nickerson | Nottingham | Please save Play Builder funding - this is funding that must remain in place. | August 19, 2010 - 2:22 pm |
| Angela Gaywood | Orsett, Grays | Please re-consider funding for phase three Playbuilder scheme. This scheme allowed older children to have access to really fun,enjoyable and challenging play areas. Playbuilder schemes have really involved the children in their design and allowed them to have a real sense of ownership and pride in their area. Allow all our communities & children to share in this. | August 19, 2010 - 2:23 pm |
| Lee Bugdol | Rotherham | August 19, 2010 - 2:23 pm | |
| Laura Musgrove | Nottingham | Playgrounds are so important fir social cohesion please continue to support | August 19, 2010 - 2:24 pm |
| Frances Carroll | Coleshill | The funding was ringfenced for quality, external play development. The Tories have set the clock back years...so short sighted. The same ministers will be the ones complaining when kids get into trouble because they have not learn the skills they need to through creative play. Pathetic but totally predicatable. Who let the Nasty Party in again? | August 19, 2010 - 2:24 pm |
| Elizabeth J Bentley | Copthorne | Children need to stimulate with outside activities. The goverment are complaining that children are obese, and they have taken away school playing fields now they want the playgraounds. Where are these children ment to get their excerise. It will be a nation of couch potatoes. | August 19, 2010 - 2:33 pm |
| Catherine Hornby | Ruddington | I have a 3 and a 4 year old and I am extremely disappointed that the funding has been frozen for Elms Park which would have made a huge difference to our community! | August 19, 2010 - 2:34 pm |
| Judith Kahn | Sowerby Bridge | Kids need good accessible playgrounds | August 19, 2010 - 2:35 pm |
| Reuben Francis | Peterborough | The long term positive effects of continued investment in the playbuilder project are immeasurable. Providing children with safe places to play, will have a HUGE effect in so many areas, from the NHS, the police and education, to the economy and community cohesion. Also lets not forget the here and now- children need to be children. Children need to have fun! | August 19, 2010 - 2:37 pm |
| paul Jackson | Brighton | Short sighted, ill thought out Tory policy change.....as with the majority of things | August 19, 2010 - 2:48 pm |
| Gill Parkinson | Leeds | Please continue with this valuable project to give our children and young people first class play facilities and encourage them to live the healthy and active lives they deserve. | August 19, 2010 - 2:50 pm |
| John Oldfield | Liverpool | Being a contractor that has installed childrens play equiptment for over 15 years. I take great pride in witnesing what this type of facility brings to communities. This government has brudened the people of this country with a lot of beurocracy please give them some play time back. | August 19, 2010 - 2:51 pm |
| Emma Barrett | Ringwood | Save playground funding to keep kids active!! | August 19, 2010 - 2:53 pm |
| frank vandershuit | somerset | children need a safe place to play and stretch there physical educational skills, if we do not provide this we will have a lot more feril kids roaming the streets doing damage to property than we have now. | August 19, 2010 - 2:53 pm |
| Sue Westbrook | Etchingham | I know government needs to make cuts in spending, but not to the detriment of the children. If gevernment were to collect all the traffic fines given to foreign diplomats we would not need half the cut planned. | August 19, 2010 - 2:58 pm |
| Sophie Whitfield | Olney, Buckinghamshire | August 19, 2010 - 2:59 pm | |
| Marianne Cairley | Eastleigh | August 19, 2010 - 3:03 pm | |
| Karin Glöckle | Sheffield | Save playground funding to keep kids active! Playgrounds are an essential part of their lives. | August 19, 2010 - 3:04 pm |
| Simon Burke | Scunthorpe | Please continue to support playbuilder | August 19, 2010 - 3:07 pm |
| Wendy Perks - Tolvaddon Regeneration Group | Tolvaddon, C ornwall | We have just opened our new high quality bespoke play and community park at Tolvaddon which may well be the last or one of the last to benefit and which could not have been achieved without the Playbuilder Funding contribution. As Secretary of Tolvaddon Regeneration Group and been responsible for much of the work developing it with the County Council I know how devastated I would be if the plug had been pulled after so much dedication and hard work. Children should have the right to develop life skills and enhance their senses in a safe purpose built quality outdoor space This is so important to their overall general health and wellbeing, both mental and physical, that it should be considered an investment for the future and above the monetary issues. I urge the Council and Government not to abandon these children at this stage. | August 19, 2010 - 3:07 pm |
| Stella Baker | Bury | August 19, 2010 - 3:08 pm | |
| Darren Thompson | Guisborough | Facilitating for our children today is an investment in their future and for the good of society, don\'t take it away, D.J.Thompson | August 19, 2010 - 3:10 pm |
| Chris Collyer | Midhurst | August 19, 2010 - 3:15 pm | |
| James Wilkinson | Kendal | August 19, 2010 - 3:18 pm | |
| Rory Davies | tiverton | August 19, 2010 - 3:19 pm | |
| Susan Dawn Hackett | Condover; Shrewsbury | Kids need safe, challenging and fun place to play after years of trying to secure such a place in our village the youth and Parish Council were offered a piece of ground; playbuilder funding was secured and a committed project team then applied for planning permission. Lets hope its not all been for nothing as contracts were not signed the much needed playbuilder funding has been with held due to Central Government intervention. | August 19, 2010 - 3:22 pm |
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| Jenny Roberts | Lancaster | August 19, 2010 - 3:30 pm | |
| Jean Rebbitt | Stockport | I willingly support the petition for saving the funding for Playdale and playbuilders, as they are helping to create the safe and exciting play zones for our children, some who have no other place to play | August 19, 2010 - 3:32 pm |
| Greg Seale | Bagshot | August 19, 2010 - 3:34 pm | |
| Jane Morton | Stapeley nantwich | It a disgrace that our local community are being deprived of playground and a shame that over the last two years local volunteers have given up their time to raise money and establish the needs of the community. I am sure that cuts could be made elsewhere to save money without having to deprive a community of much needed facilities. | August 19, 2010 - 3:35 pm |
| Howard Turner | Kendal | Let the children play! | August 19, 2010 - 3:41 pm |
| Jutta Vogt | Sheffield | I think there are not enough playgrounds around anyway, so the funding has to continue. | August 19, 2010 - 3:42 pm |
| Jenifer Phillips | Thornton-Cleveleys | Having just spent 6 years working to realise the Hawthorne Park project and finally getting it to completion I know how vital these open spacesfor recreation and exercise are. We know how much our park is valued and I am dismayed at the shortsighted decision to cut the Playbuilder funding. | August 19, 2010 - 3:42 pm |
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| TRACEY CLEMSON | HAMPSTEAD NORREYS | There will be some unbearably disappointed children in the village if the plans don\'t go through... | August 19, 2010 - 3:45 pm |
| Pat Baldwin | West Haddon | Children need outdoor play facilities so please do NOT cut the funding for Playbuilder 3 | August 19, 2010 - 3:46 pm |
| Charlotte Marley | Marston Meysey | Please support the playbuilder funding..The children in our village are really exited about having some new exiting equipment to play with.. | August 19, 2010 - 3:46 pm |
| Pat Godwin | Alston | What a difference this scheme has made to communities!!! We have no funding via councils here in cumbria - Playbuilder and other schemes have made a difference in a big way. Play facilities are limited in rural areas - the beautiful grassed areas ore precious farmland, and the roads are dangerous. Play opportunities are few and far between. Everyu child shoud be able to play out, socialise, imagine, exercise etc. Funding is desperately needed for children in rural areas. Gppd play facilities also encourage people to move to an area - vital in rural areas that risk becoming holiday or retirement villages. | August 19, 2010 - 3:46 pm |
| David Thomas | Neath | In a time where the Nation\'s health is considered to be at risk due to obesity, it seems as though play areas would be a priority in order to encourage exercise. | August 19, 2010 - 3:52 pm |
| wayne hawkins | walsall | goverment.dont cut the legs of our children by holding funding on playareas but stop waisting funding on landscape architects who got involve in natural play designs and created a major costing on mianetence for our councils .what happen to our traditionall playareas | August 19, 2010 - 3:53 pm |
| Rosemary Paterson | Lancashire | To remove Paybuilder Funding from Projects to which it has already been granted would be a heartbreaking decision. Many communities have work long and hard to develop and secure ideas for, plans for, hope for and funding for play facilities in their locality. This time and effort is given out of goodwill and with the \'Big Society\' intent that has been much talked about. Record childhood obesity levels, poor play environments and a history of disappointment must not be the legacy which our children inherit. Please reconsider. | August 19, 2010 - 3:54 pm |
| Anthony Nealon | London | August 19, 2010 - 4:02 pm | |
| Thomas Robinson | London | This is a swing in the wrong direction! Save the playgrounds, keep playbuilder going. | August 19, 2010 - 4:03 pm |
| Sue Church | Shepton Mallet | Please keep supporting play builder funding, with recent cuts in government funding to local authorities they will struggle even more to keep our childrens equiped play areas in a safe environment for them to play and intergrate. | August 19, 2010 - 4:09 pm |
| Gerard York | Weobley | We have copies of the petition in our village shop.In the last 24 hours every customer has read and signed. Everybody understands the need for these facilities. What the government has to appreciate is that breaking promises to our young people is to build up distrust and that will damage our common communities, not to mention the chance that government will be seen in an even worse light than they are already! There are many other\"nice to have\" funded groups that could be cut. The problem for us is that this funding grant is contained within the Education department, and is seen as an easy way of protecting other facilities. | August 19, 2010 - 4:10 pm |
| Julia Yelloly | Thetford | Great resource for community, keeping kids and adults fit and out of doors in a safe environment. it ticks so many boxes for positive community involvement and health. | August 19, 2010 - 4:11 pm |
| Angela Dalton | Liverpool | August 19, 2010 - 4:11 pm | |
| F. Trueman | Wakefield | How does the Government expect to cut down child obesity when there are no safe areas for children to play | August 19, 2010 - 4:17 pm |
| Barry Glasspell | Salford | This programme is desperatley needed to provide stimulating, challenging adventurous environments to engage the young people of Salford and other areas. These spaces provide opportunities for exercise,acceptable risk taking, community cohesion and fun. Expectations have been raised and the long term effects of not building these spaces will be more costly than the savings made in the short term. | August 19, 2010 - 4:17 pm |
| Peter Cunliffe | Ovingham | Our local playing field was due to be renovated. now we are left with outdated and possibly dangerous equipment that was installed over thirty years ago. The whole community was involved in the planning and preparation and there was a united feeling of excitement about the project. You can not explain in words how disappointed everyone is left feeling! | August 19, 2010 - 4:18 pm |
| Sally Jordan | Stamford | Every town and village needs good play facilties for children. And don\'t forget teenagers - they need something too (we\'re fundraising for a skatepark in Stamford, Lincs) Don\'t let the government take this funding away. Do they want children to play outside safely, or do they want them to sit in front of a screen all day - think of all the future health problems building up. Sorting them out would cost the NHS a lot more than providing a playpark in the first place! | August 19, 2010 - 4:22 pm |
| Dale Pateman | Pinchbeck nr Spalding | My team and I have just spent three years trying to turn an abandoned waste ground into a pleasant natural play area for the local children and a natural conservation area for adults. Now after all this time our hopes are under threat. We will not stand by and watch that happen! | August 19, 2010 - 4:22 pm |
| STEVE JOHNSON | PETERBOROUGH | New play areas and updating old through playbuilder funding is so important. Kids and parents love to go to the park. I bet when you were young you went to the park! we need play | August 19, 2010 - 4:25 pm |
| Felicity Peachell | Appleton | Please continue to support this vital work. Cutting this funding might provide a short term financial saving but only at a cost to our children and community as well as those UK manufacturers / employers involved in building these essential play spaces. | August 19, 2010 - 4:28 pm |
| Bryan Tasker | Hereford | The community needs this facility. | August 19, 2010 - 4:28 pm |
| George Renshaw | Gainsborough | August 19, 2010 - 4:37 pm | |
| Paul Hamilton | Whitehaven | August 19, 2010 - 4:44 pm | |
| Joe Cooper | Bristol | Childrens play is the way that the next generation prepare themselves for a well rounded and balanced adult life, Investment in playgrounds is a form of preventative investment against future social disfunction. | August 19, 2010 - 4:49 pm |
| Alan Blakeley | Staining Blackpool | Please continue with funding. We have just started the process of modernising our play areas and need any and every source of funding | August 19, 2010 - 4:51 pm |
| Jim Harvey | Kirkby-In-Ashfield | Free safe play for all. | August 19, 2010 - 4:56 pm |
| Andrew Hall | Sheffield | Children,s playgrounds are not a luxury. | August 19, 2010 - 5:01 pm |
| Lucy Woodhouse | Horam | Playground should be a right to all children - it is a place to exercise and socially interact. The Government should think of this before pulling the plug!! | August 19, 2010 - 5:02 pm |
| Louise Hudspith | Gateshead | August 19, 2010 - 5:05 pm | |
| Louise green | Holywood | All Children need a safe play area, to take away work that has taken years to achieve is robbery. Children have a right to a better future, than always street corners. | August 19, 2010 - 5:07 pm |
| Muireann Parry | Trefriw | Please support playbuilder funding it is so important for the future of children\'s right to play | August 19, 2010 - 5:19 pm |
| Jean Power | Knutsford | Children need safe places to play | August 19, 2010 - 5:22 pm |
| Carol | August 19, 2010 - 5:34 pm | ||
| Eddie Leggett | Clapham, N. Yorkshire | August 19, 2010 - 5:37 pm | |
| Carol Fenton | Horley | Children need to be encouraged to be active and need to have challenging equipment which is regularly maintained and replaced when it reaches the end of its useful life. Funding is vital to enable this to happen. | August 19, 2010 - 5:39 pm |
| derek mortimer | maidstone | August 19, 2010 - 5:41 pm | |
| Eifion Morris Jones | Llansannan | Mae angen llefydd fel meysydd chwarae ar blant er iddynt dyfu fynny yn iach ac yn ymwybodol o sgiliau chwaarae ymysg plant eraill Peidiwch a lleihau ar y gwariant yma.(It\'s important for children to be able to use the facilities of playing fields in order toi be active and healthy and to be able to interact with other children whilst playing Don\'t cut back or reduce the funding for this | August 19, 2010 - 5:50 pm |
| Tamsyn Lay | Fyfield | August 19, 2010 - 5:59 pm | |
| Stephen Alan Brown | Eastoft | Tax the banks instead of cutting | August 19, 2010 - 6:00 pm |
| Lynda Griffin | Dickleburgh | Our village is in a rural area with limited public transport. Many modern housing developments have small gardens and children need somewhere bigger in which to run around. More important are the social aspects of using a community facility - children can learn so much by being with their peers, learning to take turns etc outside of a structured setting. It would be a great shame if the government were too short sighted to see the long term benefits of such schemes. | August 19, 2010 - 6:00 pm |
| Ann Williams | Emsworth | Playbuilder funding is essential to improve the infrastructure our country has. If the government want the \'big society\' then community groups like ours who have just had our playbuilder funding withdrawn need to be supported not alientated. Please continue with playbuilder. | August 19, 2010 - 6:01 pm |
| David Fish | manchester | August 19, 2010 - 6:23 pm | |
| Charles de Winton | Brecon | August 19, 2010 - 6:43 pm | |
| Simon Williams | Taunton | August 19, 2010 - 6:45 pm | |
| Meg Wilson | Bredon | We need great playgrounds to ensure a healthy future for all. | August 19, 2010 - 6:58 pm |
| Claire Walsh | Newton Aycliffe | August 19, 2010 - 7:02 pm | |
| Chris Caldwell | Bury | Playground re-nrewals are an essential part of our community life and cutting funding is just an easy cop-out because children are silent victims!! | August 19, 2010 - 7:08 pm |
| Jemma Picken | Sheriffhales | August 19, 2010 - 7:10 pm | |
| Neil Watson | Newcastle | August 19, 2010 - 7:19 pm | |
| Carole Knight | Swadlincote | August 19, 2010 - 7:21 pm | |
| Barbara Kaucky | London | In inner city environments the natural play opportunities created with Playbuilder funding provide much needed spaces for children to play freely and creatively. | August 19, 2010 - 7:29 pm |
| Debbi Carter | Oakley, Bucks | Keep the funding for safe play areas for communities. | August 19, 2010 - 7:36 pm |
| Monica Steedman | Shirehampton, Bristol | Seriously, the public facilties for our children have been run-down and cut back over the last 20 years. If we are committed to bringing down child-hood obesity and encouraging activity and enjoyment of sport and the out-doors, keep this grant going!! | August 19, 2010 - 7:49 pm |
| Michelle Alexander | Northampton | August 19, 2010 - 7:53 pm | |
| Ann Inman | Princetown | Playbuilder funding is crucial to our community as it will enable us to refurbish our ancient play area, offering a wider range of equipment to a wider age range. The village is on high Dartmoor and needs to provide facilities for its children and young people as its nearest other play area is 5 miles away | August 19, 2010 - 8:09 pm |
| janice kent | crick | i support it all | August 19, 2010 - 8:10 pm |
| michael kent | crick northamton | August 19, 2010 - 8:11 pm | |
| donna trotman | Liverpool | Like everything else related to funding cuts, who will be hit first the children and young people of our cities and country. When will any government learn in this day and age that to help the children and young people to be healthy citizens of the future then we need to invest now. Not pay the price in years to come. Yes some of the public play areas in Liverpool have had playbuilders funding granted and implemented but as a whole every city should have the funding readily made available to the children to ensure that there are safe and healthy places for them to play at no cost to the parents. | August 19, 2010 - 8:17 pm |
| Wendy Ruther | Sheffield | August 19, 2010 - 8:26 pm | |
| Russell Peace | Sheffield | August 19, 2010 - 8:26 pm | |
| Christine Congreve | Aston Sheffield | August 19, 2010 - 8:27 pm | |
| Peter Congreve | Aston Sheffield | August 19, 2010 - 8:27 pm | |
| Mr Tony jackson | Gamblesby | We are a small community with few facilities playbuilder could help to provide an opportunity for the young people to learn, live and interact with each other and be part of the community. Or would this government rather just have them growing up disenfranchised from the local community. | August 19, 2010 - 8:29 pm |
| David Harvey | Malmesbury | August 19, 2010 - 8:32 pm | |
| All need to remember that the youngsters today are the adults (managers, leaders, decision makers etc of tomorrow. Support them today and ensure a sensible and secure future. | August 19, 2010 - 8:36 pm | ||
| zeta flinders | Sheffield | Children need playgrounds! | August 19, 2010 - 8:36 pm |
| David Harvey | Malmesbury | All need to remember that the youngsters today are the adults (managers, leaders, decision makers etc of tomorrow. Support them today and ensure a sensible and secure future. | August 19, 2010 - 8:37 pm |
| Cricket Kemp | Appleby in Westmorland | Children (and adults!) need playgrounds so children can get out, meet other children, use up energy and burn up calories. | August 19, 2010 - 8:42 pm |
| waheed hussain | accrington | August 19, 2010 - 8:43 pm | |
| Fay Rouse | Maidstone | Getting kids active is so important in these times. Providing free accessible activites for families to enjoy is a priority in this day and age in keeping the nation fit and healthy for the future. | August 19, 2010 - 8:49 pm |
| Georgina Clapson | Taverham Norwich | Children need outdoor spaces to play and as more and more open land gets either built on or access is denied play parks can be the only areas that give them freedom from danger and gets them away from computer games and TV. | August 19, 2010 - 8:54 pm |
| emma robins | walsall | we are in the process of getting funding from playbuilders we have nothing on our estate if playbuilders was stopped it would be to the whole estate detriment | August 19, 2010 - 9:01 pm |
| Lloyd Morgan | Finsbury Park, London N4 | I think, therefore I play. We played. So let our children play. Playgrounds, keep them alive. | August 19, 2010 - 9:13 pm |
| ABIGAIL SANTER | CRANBROOK | August 19, 2010 - 9:14 pm | |
| Nicola Armstrong | Daventry | August 19, 2010 - 9:16 pm | |
| rachel alexander | stevenage | Why would you ban something that not only allows children to enjoy eachothers company but also provides children with exercise and enjoyment, its crazy!!! | August 19, 2010 - 9:18 pm |
| alan lingley | colchester | August 19, 2010 - 9:38 pm | |
| Chloe age 12 | You are mean! I wish Gordon Brown was still in charge. I like my new playground and there are lots of other children in the country how want a new playground. Give them the money to build it. Meanies!!!! | August 19, 2010 - 9:42 pm | |
| gareth davies | Buckley | children need somewhere safe to play | August 19, 2010 - 9:54 pm |
| Rosemary Woods | Royston | August 19, 2010 - 9:56 pm | |
| Michael Foley | Enniscorthy | In these times of recession it is important that families are able to enjoy exercise without extra expense. Beaches, mountains and public playgrounds are the few free places that fill this criteria. Studies have shown that Ireland is creeping up the ladder in the rate of obesity. We need to get our kids outdoors more, and interact more. We are rearing couch potatoes. | August 19, 2010 - 9:57 pm |
| alison catt | carterton | August 19, 2010 - 10:04 pm | |
| Linda Pratley | Ventnor | Not all children have the luxury of having a garden and children\'s playgrounds are essential for their wellbeing as well as allowing them to socialise with their peers. | August 19, 2010 - 10:20 pm |
| Ursula Brendling | Ambleside, Cumbria | Without funding like playgbuilder that support outdoor play areas.....many places would have old, dilapidated playgrounds. Please don\'t take this important funding away. Children need outdoor places to play. Thank you. | August 19, 2010 - 10:21 pm |
| DEBBIE COWPERTHWAITE | GRANGE OVER SANDS | THIS IS SO UNFAIR, THIS IS SO SHORTSIGHTED, PLEASE RECONSIDER! | August 19, 2010 - 10:26 pm |
| Katie jones | Oxford | Appleton in Oxfordshire is a small village in much need of a play area for young children. The governments decision to stop this funding is disgusting and they should at least pay out grants already awarded! | August 19, 2010 - 10:29 pm |
| Heather Tamplin | Aldborough, Norwich | Children will grow up to be adults, investing in their happy childhoods is more likely to give rounded and happy adults. Good play provision is important for all children. | August 19, 2010 - 10:30 pm |
| Kerry Congreve | Sheffield | Let our children of today play as they may not be a tomorrow!! Save Playbuilder Funding. | August 19, 2010 - 10:59 pm |
| Marcus Jones | Sheffield | Save Playbuilder. | August 19, 2010 - 11:01 pm |
| Christine Anne Shelmerdine | Manchester | The importance of play and how it should be taken seriously, it allows people get involved in making their area a better place to live in, by helping to reduce anti-social behaviour like graffitiing, vandalism and drug dealing. Making sure that people who are affected by bad behaviour and crime have a say in how things are improved in their community. Levels of anti-social behaviour vary from area to area. It is most common in communities where more people feel excluded or find it hard to deal with problems such as drug or alcohol addiction, family relationships or debt. The United Nations Rights of the Child The initial 1923 document consisted of the following stipulations: The delinquent child must be reclaimed. Whereas mankind owes to the child the best it has to give. Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959) Principle 2 · The child shall enjoy special protection, and shall be given opportunities and facilities, by law and by other means, to enable him to develop physically, Principle 4 · He shall be entitled to grow and develop in health; Principle 7 · The child shall have full opportunity for play and recreation, which should be directed to the same purposes as education, society and the public authorities shall endeavour to promote the enjoyment of this right. | August 19, 2010 - 11:20 pm |
| Philip John Sapwell | Appleton | This funding is vital to securing a desperately needed facility for young children, their parents and careers. Withdrawing it will not solve the country\'s economic problems but will undermine the morale of all of us seeking to support the Big Society. | August 20, 2010 - 12:02 am |
| Paul Skipper | Birmingham | Funding like this is very important to the success of lots of projects that helps the community | August 20, 2010 - 12:34 am |
| michelle miles | stroud gloucestershire | without playbuilder funding many recent projects would not have been built.now with its withdrawal many more will not be built at all.ours would not even have got underway without the playbuilder fund and it\'s identification of severe needs in a community. we were very lucky to have had our local council step in to replace our lost funding which happened to us in the middle of our public consultation (as it was part and not the whole of our funding. had the loss been any larger i doubt it would have been replaced - many have lost their whole projects-we have our fingers crossed that we will not be threatened with any more losses when the national spending review takes place in october and that we can get our park built in time)-we currently have 2 baby swings and a climbing frame that is suitable for under 5\'s in an area with over 150 houses and this has been the situation for years - these houses are not new build! many other communities and their families and children have not been so lucky and i can understand the heartbreak this is causing.the new government\'s \'big society\' makes a mockery of all the hard unpaid voluntary work that many have been putting in for the last year and more on public consultation/park planning -when we are being told on the one hand that we ought to be doing more for each other within our communities and then have the funds to be able to do this removed.parks are places for people to experience being in a community /to meet each other and primarily for kids to get enough exercise and a reason to be outside experiencing physical challenges and growing independence away from computers and tv everyday.many school playing fields have been sold off across the country in the last 20 years for house building.and MORE HOUSES mean MORE PEOPLE who need OPEN SPACE AND PLACES TO PLAY IE:MORE PARKS!!!fewer parks mean early obesity and more pressure on the national health service!!!-healthier kids are more motivated and therefore open to learning and developing social skills. surely this is a step backwards? | August 20, 2010 - 1:49 am |
| Adam M Dawson-Wood | Manchester | needs area for Children to play safe in | August 20, 2010 - 4:20 am |
| Adam M Dawson-Wood | Manchester | Near areas for children to play | August 20, 2010 - 4:22 am |
| Lyn Williams | Oakdale | Children need safe and exciting play areas to encourage both mental and physical development | August 20, 2010 - 6:26 am |
| Damon Stewart | Colchester | It is undeniable that all children benefit physically and psychologically from the use of play areas in the UK. As a supposed first world nation we now are statistically becoming more obese and less active in our daily lives than ever before and yet seem unable to afford the next generation an opportunity to grow and have healthy lives in the future. Healthy adults result in a better society, less illness and less stress. If the current coalition government expect us to believe that their plans for the big society are real then they must somehow allow our children a fighting chance and not take everything away in order to pay off the previous government’s debts. | August 20, 2010 - 6:50 am |
| Susan Brook | Llanfrynach | Children need space to play together safely. It is an essential social and physical part of growing up. | August 20, 2010 - 6:56 am |
| sarah hall | northallerton | August 20, 2010 - 6:59 am | |
| Lucy Banaji | Stoke Newington | August 20, 2010 - 7:19 am | |
| Louise Kennedy | Near Taunton, Somerset | Children need challenging play spaces, the play builder project has helped support many such spaces. There is much research to support the vital need for these play areas. Our play area in a small rural community has made a massive difference not only in where children have to play, but in the process of bringing the community together & listening to the children. | August 20, 2010 - 7:23 am |
| Trevor Parsons | Taunton | please continue with this vital funding | August 20, 2010 - 7:51 am |
| Gwyn Williams | Newport | I support the funding of play areas | August 20, 2010 - 7:58 am |
| Tracey Creed | Dover | August 20, 2010 - 8:02 am | |
| ralston graham | hulme mancs | August 20, 2010 - 8:40 am | |
| Rob Perrier | Lancaster | August 20, 2010 - 8:44 am | |
| Paul Wright | Wallasey | This project delivered real value to local communities. It also acted as a catalyst for regeneration in many public parks and open spaces. | August 20, 2010 - 8:45 am |
| Lynne Harris | St Neots | How can we encourage our children to be out and healthy if we don\'t encourage them to be playing outside. This money is a drop in the ocean for the government but a huge commitment by the communities both financially and emotionally. | August 20, 2010 - 8:47 am |
| John-Paul Marsden | Barnsley | An investment in playgrounds is an investment in the future of our country – SIMPLE! Playing in a social environment helps children to develop the interaction skills needed for all their lifetime. Government cannot pretend to care about antisocial behaviour, obesity and poor health in children while at the same time cancelling the creation of playgrounds through-out our country. The Government and public should please support the provision of play for the young people of the UK. Please show us you care! | August 20, 2010 - 8:51 am |
| Jeff Cording | August 20, 2010 - 9:03 am | ||
| Linda Sammonds | Worcester | The opportunities for play, through provision of challenging play equipment, have brought two of our city parks alive again. Our Summer Playdays were overwhelmingly supported by local families. 21st Century communities desperately need play spaces for their children to thrive. | August 20, 2010 - 9:04 am |
| Susan Cottrell | Coventry | Play is vital for children\'s development, surely this is where we need to invest. | August 20, 2010 - 9:06 am |
| Jeff Cording | Newport | Playgrounds are so important for children as outdoor meeting points - support the campaign | August 20, 2010 - 9:06 am |
| Georgia Shelley | Andover | August 20, 2010 - 9:09 am | |
| Steve Hubbard | Cheshire | If playgrounds aren\'t provided children will find risky places to play, putting themselves in danger. Playbuilder funding is vital to the continuation of good play ground provision. | August 20, 2010 - 9:11 am |
| Rachel Downey | Chilton, Oxon | The play area developed last year in our village has made a difference to the children and their families\' lives. It has provided hours of fun, a safe, but challenging environment, a meeting place for family picnics, friends to meet up. It has brought the wider community together. From this we (the committee - all volunteers) had a vision (with continued funding) of how to develop the area to benefit the older and much younger members of the community - this opportunity would be lost without continued funding. Please save! | August 20, 2010 - 9:14 am |
| Chris Buss | Verwood | August 20, 2010 - 9:15 am | |
| Ben Schofield | Stockport | Children are the future, and these play areas offer fantastic value for money and bring children from any walk of life together. | August 20, 2010 - 9:18 am |
| Charles David Banks | Newton-Le-Willows | Good luck with your petition, it is vital that our children have somewhere safe to play. I completely support this funding. It\'s an important part of life for our children to learn how to play, the facilities which where to be built, would not only provide this but also offer educational opportunities for children. | August 20, 2010 - 9:22 am |
| barrie hammond | chorley | I work as a playground designer and I am staggered that the Coalition Government seem unaware that the funding for Pathfinder and Playbuilder Schemes, although directed via Local Authorities, actually stimulates employment and business in the private sector Play Industry. Play Areas can and do become the focal point of local communities and help to develop \'the big society\'. This policy helps to stifle business, stagnate community cohesion, creates unemployment and punishes children. Is this an example to set to voters of the future. | August 20, 2010 - 9:34 am |
| sophie lyn dennett | penzance | August 20, 2010 - 9:41 am | |
| Nick Martin | Runcorn/Widnes | A great deal of community support has gone into plans for new playgrounds and people are expecting to see thier hard work and ideas come to fruition. | August 20, 2010 - 9:52 am |
| samantha campbell | MIlton Keynes | PLaygrounds are Vital | August 20, 2010 - 9:53 am |
| Megan Campbell | MIlton Keynes | August 20, 2010 - 9:53 am | |
| Eileen parsons | Rowde | August 20, 2010 - 9:55 am | |
| Callum Harvey | Manchester | August 20, 2010 - 10:03 am | |
| Wallace Rodger | Runcorn | Kids need playareas | August 20, 2010 - 10:09 am |
| david peter collings | sheffield | children need somewhere safe and interesting for them to play and this was a very cost effective way of providing it. Happier children now less problems in the future! | August 20, 2010 - 10:10 am |
| Wallace Rodger | Runcorn | August 20, 2010 - 10:10 am | |
| Tom Holman | Lindale | August 20, 2010 - 10:10 am | |
| John Newbery cllr | Launceston | We all need this funding | August 20, 2010 - 10:14 am |
| Pat Jacques | Gatehouse of Fleet | our children are our future - we need to look after them and give them facilities to develop and extend their knowledge out with television and computer games - they need to know more about play and how they can interact with each other by other means than a mobile phone | August 20, 2010 - 10:17 am |
| Gary Wallis | Angmering | Please continue this programme as it is making a real difference to communities across the country | August 20, 2010 - 10:21 am |
| Neil | August 20, 2010 - 10:33 am | ||
| Neil Graham | St Martins, Oswestry | Properly equipped and structured play areas are crucial to our communities. They keep our youngsters from getting \"bored\" and help keep them out of mischief. | August 20, 2010 - 10:44 am |
| Andrew Kadis | Gilberdyke | Providing quality play provision should not be seen as a soft target for cuts by the new government, rather it should be seen as a long term investment in the health and general well being of our nation. It improves the quality of life for many people both children and adults in some of the most deprived areas of the country as well as bringing both communities and generations together. | August 20, 2010 - 10:53 am |
| Lisa Rumbold | Worthing | August 20, 2010 - 10:56 am | |
| Zena Tinsley | Dickleburgh | Safe outdoor play areas are vital for children. Without them there will be even more youngsters indoors in front of the TV or computer screen. We need to encourage proper social interaction and active play and where better than in the fresh air? | August 20, 2010 - 10:57 am |
| mark wigley | wivenhoe | August 20, 2010 - 11:02 am | |
| helen wigley | wivenhoe | August 20, 2010 - 11:02 am | |
| cameron wigley | wivenhoe | August 20, 2010 - 11:02 am | |
| conrad wigley | wivenhoe | August 20, 2010 - 11:02 am | |
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| david clarke | coventry | Please continue the playbuilder funding - it will be very important in our area. | August 20, 2010 - 11:08 am |
| Neil Pigdon | Yate | The Playbuilder program plugged a gap and helped get playgrounds up to an acceptable level. The work is by no means over and if this money gets pulled we will see obesity increase, playgrounds closed and also many businesses go out of business. What other industry can survive with a 50% cut? | August 20, 2010 - 11:17 am |
| Emma Tarling | Sydenham, London | Playgrounds are vital for children, especially in Inner-Cities where it\'s the only form of exercise they have access to. | August 20, 2010 - 11:17 am |
| Simon de Ath | Ardingly, Haywards Heath, West Sussex | Play is a fundamental right and requirement for all children and teenagers, So Please re-instate this valuable & necessary financial support to Playground projects. | August 20, 2010 - 11:21 am |
| Tim Boylan | Stockport | Save our children\'s playgrounds, save our children\'s fun, save our communities, save our jobs | August 20, 2010 - 11:22 am |
| Andrew Steel | Southampton | I feel it is essential that we hold true to the agreed ethos behind the playbuilder intentions of providing better play facilities for young people. The 8-14 yr age range is argueably the most vaunrable and facilities that encourage them to exercise and be active are of vital importance to all communities and the future of the youngsters themselves. | August 20, 2010 - 11:22 am |
| Aaron Brayshay | Stockport | August 20, 2010 - 11:23 am | |
| david.barber@halton.gov.uk | widnes | Play facilities are an important part of building communities, think again! | August 20, 2010 - 11:36 am |
| Carol Gordon | Stoke on Trent | Good quality playgrounds are hard to find. We need more now. | August 20, 2010 - 11:38 am |
| Ian Morris | Nottingham | Cuts in budgets should not affect children in this way. Let\'s have an active nation of young people. Understanding of this starts from day one! | August 20, 2010 - 11:48 am |
| Marcus Summers | Ventnor I of W | We have been searching for funding for a MUGA and kids shelter in a deprived area ..Wroxall Isle of Wight. There is nothing for kids to do except roam the streets. Our project is backed by the police. Please keep the funds flowing. | August 20, 2010 - 11:53 am |
| Rebecca Smith | Birmingham | Kids need a safe place to play! | August 20, 2010 - 11:53 am |
| Elizabeth Cheshire | Highworth | August 20, 2010 - 11:54 am | |
| Brandon Fey | London | August 20, 2010 - 12:01 pm | |
| Helen Sephton-Pike | Northamptonshire | please continue with this funding. These play areas have been a great success for families and it would be a real shame to stop now. \'Big Society\' | August 20, 2010 - 12:02 pm |
| Russell Sephton-Pike | Northants | Keep this funding going, don\'t let it be the kids that go without! | August 20, 2010 - 12:03 pm |
| Jinny Bruce-Smith | Milton Keynes | August 20, 2010 - 12:10 pm | |
| Kate Ring | Leamington Spa | August 20, 2010 - 12:18 pm | |
| Terresa Brett | Swindon | We have an Adventure Playground in Swindon that was open for 35 years before if closed at Easter in readiness for refurbishment under Playbuilder to make it fully-inclusive for disabled children too. It serves children in a deprived area and many adults have said that being able to go to fully staffed sessions there stopped prevented them from getting into a life of crime. Now even the paid staff jobs are under threat! We really must all make sure that all these promised playground projects go ahead. | August 20, 2010 - 12:22 pm |
| Allison Hicks | Hook Norton | Please keep the funding - our children deserve save play areas | August 20, 2010 - 12:26 pm |
| Victoria Davies | Porthcawl | August 20, 2010 - 12:27 pm | |
| margaret adams | brighton | Chid ren are our future.Itis important at an early age that they interact with other children and a playground is an ideal place for this to happen.This is also a place for young mothers to meet and make friends or exchange ideas about bringing up the next generation.Many mothers have little enough money as it is and find a playground a lifeline.Do not deprive them of this. | August 20, 2010 - 12:43 pm |
| Liz Shaw | Stockport | August 20, 2010 - 12:49 pm | |
| Judy Stevenson | Sutton St.Nicholas | Playbuilder is such a fantastic scheme, and we raised the hopes of all the children in our village. It was to invest in the development (social and intellectual) children and young people now and for the next ten years or more. The community will be much the worse off without it | August 20, 2010 - 12:50 pm |
| Charlotte Mackaness | Northampton | August 20, 2010 - 12:55 pm | |
| Dan Orpin | Northampton | August 20, 2010 - 1:03 pm | |
| Simon Hicks | Hook Norton | Playbuilder is a fantastic initiative. Encouraging local communities to come together create an environment which encourages kids to get active and get out in the open. | August 20, 2010 - 1:08 pm |
| Susan Kavanagh | Maidstone | Play opportunities are essential for childrens social well being. | August 20, 2010 - 1:08 pm |
| Mark Welsh | Seaham | Playbuilder is an essential source of funding which enables Town and Parish Councils to deliver significant play projects for the benefit of the children within their communities. Please ensure it continues. | August 20, 2010 - 1:08 pm |
| Meghan Frith | Folkestone | Please continue to support Phase 3 Playbuilder for the well-being of children and the businesses involved in delivering them! | August 20, 2010 - 1:20 pm |
| andrew baylis | gravesend | playbuilder scheme matches all the aims of this government in terms of social/ health/ fitness, education/ youth provision. please continue to fund this scheme. | August 20, 2010 - 1:21 pm |
| Lal Forfar | London | This has been a fantastic programme and made a real difference to children all over the country. It would be shameful for the funding for such a positive project of real benefit to be cut. | August 20, 2010 - 1:23 pm |
| Caroline Campbell Yeo | High Wycombe | I am pleased to join this campaign and help persuade the government reverse its decision. We can\'t all live in the countryside or places where leisure facilities abound. What about keeping our children active and fit in the lead up to Olympics 2012? What about the Big Society? Parks bring communities together - think of the Mums who don\'t have family support and feel isolated at home with a small baby or children. Fresh air and companionship for all. I write as an Aunt and keen environmentalist whose teenage niece and nephew still go to the local park with friends, having been taken regularly as children by their Mum. | August 20, 2010 - 1:26 pm |
| Andrew Hinchley | Nottingham | Government should be looking at ways to secure long-term sustainable investment in play, not undermining the great work done so far by cancelling this programme. The social and financial risks of cutting the provision of quality facilities for children and young people (eg. increased ASB, increased vandalism costs, lower public satisfaction, lower community interaction...) surely outweigh the short-term cost savings. | August 20, 2010 - 1:31 pm |
| Cllr. Trevor Sheldrick | Hadleigh Suffolk | We must not stifle any community initiatives. | August 20, 2010 - 1:57 pm |
| Rebecca Miller | Stambourne | August 20, 2010 - 2:02 pm | |
| Matthew Sephton-Pike | Kettering | No more hypocrisy - don\'t let play be the next victim of the ConDem cuts! | August 20, 2010 - 2:06 pm |
| Robert Hope | stoke on trent | we need the funding to provide happy and fun areas in every society, regardless of anyones circumstances a good playground area is an excellent place to relax, have fun , keep fit and for kids young and old to enjoy themselves. | August 20, 2010 - 2:22 pm |
| Susanne Radmann | London | August 20, 2010 - 2:27 pm | |
| Stephanie | August 20, 2010 - 2:55 pm | ||
| Stephanie Wood | Sheffield | August 20, 2010 - 2:56 pm | |
| Gary Hicks | Hook Norton | August 20, 2010 - 3:01 pm | |
| celia webb | wolverhampton | August 20, 2010 - 3:04 pm | |
| andy lawson | Cambridge | Poltically this strikes me as being as bad an idea as stopping milk in schools. If he\'s not careful Michael Gove will be getting a \'Thatcher Milksnatcher\' nickname. I disapprove of Michael Gove! | August 20, 2010 - 3:05 pm |
| Roy Mervyn John Davies | Worcester | As the Chair of Friends of Cripplegate Park, Worcester I am very concerned about any threat to Playbuilder Funding. Keep the funding, for our childrens sake! | August 20, 2010 - 3:07 pm |
| Tom McGuigan | Drimpton | Play areas are vital for developing healthy and sociable children,as well as giving parents valuable play time with their children. | August 20, 2010 - 3:12 pm |
| William Cassell | Loughborough | August 20, 2010 - 3:58 pm | |
| Ben Hugh Gordon | Sherborne , Dorset | Facilities and funding are needed in so many areas. The lucky few who get those facilities work VERY long, hard hours, for free, to better their communities. Taking away this resource is scandalous. | August 20, 2010 - 4:08 pm |
| Jeff Herschel | Chepping Wycombe | For all kinds of reasons play is vital for our children. Most playgrounds in the UK are way out of date and need to be updated. The last government made enoirmous progress by support funding for new and re-furbished playgrounds. I hope the current coalition will not let the programme wither away. In the greater scheme of things they are \'cheap\'and have an impact on and in local communities out of all proportion to their cost. | August 20, 2010 - 4:12 pm |
| Cllr. Mary Murphy | Manchester | The children and young people in my neighbourhood have worked with the playbuilder team for the past year to plan new equipment for their local park and are now really disappointed that the money has been withdrawn. Our children\'s trust has been broken at the command post. it should not be allowed to happen. keep fighting. | August 20, 2010 - 4:12 pm |
| Julia Shurmer | Market Drayton | August 20, 2010 - 4:29 pm | |
| Nicky Sherwood | Thornford (Sherborne) | I think playgrounds provide an important aspect of fun for all children and provide an opportunity to parents from all walks of life to entertain their children within what should be a safe environment. | August 20, 2010 - 4:30 pm |
| KIM McGRORY | MOTHERWELL | August 20, 2010 - 4:35 pm | |
| Emma Mortimer | Sherborne | Our children need safe areas to play and be children in | August 20, 2010 - 4:35 pm |
| sherrie pond | newtown | Children need playgrounds they are vital to their development | August 20, 2010 - 4:35 pm |
| Cllr Wayne McDermott | Ellistown, Leicestershire | Without the funding help from playbuilder we recieved in Ellistown last year the children here would still have no play equipment and be hanging around the streets. With the help of playbuilder funding and some excellent work from several play companies we were able to give the young people of our village a playground to enjoy. Most evenings you find 30-40 children on the park even months down the line from the opening earlier this year. I am disgusted with the government childrens play is not an area to cut why not stop the waste elsewhere and give the children something to keep them out of trouble. | August 20, 2010 - 4:36 pm |
| Elizabeth Strain | Alton | Safe play areas are an important part of any community, promoting good health and wellbeing by encouraging children to play outdoors and to communicate with other children. They also provide work for local companies and thereby help the local economy. | August 20, 2010 - 4:39 pm |
| Sue Brown | Dickleburgh | The children of Dickleburgh need a safe and stimulating place to play. | August 20, 2010 - 4:46 pm |
| Labour | England | Lib Dem / Tory Cuts hurt the most vunerable | August 20, 2010 - 4:48 pm |
| Tony Taylor | Leicester | Notwithstanding the obvious benefits that playgrounds provide to children and the wider community the implications for many specialist playground companies is potentially disastrous. Many smaller companies have developed in manufacturing and construction as a direct result of the playbuilder scheme; clearly the sudden and brutal removal of funding will inevitably spell the end for such companies. | August 20, 2010 - 4:57 pm |
| Katie Lazell | Islington, London | August 20, 2010 - 5:04 pm | |
| Ruth Brown | Llanfrynach | August 20, 2010 - 5:13 pm | |
| ben fowler | dorchester | August 20, 2010 - 5:17 pm | |
| Anne Thomas | Godalming | Playgrounds are one of the most important features of any town/village. In times of financial hardship they are more important than ever as a free facility. Whilst financial cuts are inevitable I think playgrounds should be one of the last areas to be considered for losing funding. | August 20, 2010 - 5:23 pm |
| mandy foster | preston | Children need diversionary activities found on playgrounds and play areas | August 20, 2010 - 5:32 pm |
| Cllr Cathy Duffy | Rothley | It is very important for children to have play areas so they can learn to interact with each other, scuff their knees if so, and give them somewhere to play other than on our (todays) dangerous streets! Please remember when we were young we always had these kind of places to go to, and our youngsters today can benefit from them too as we did once. | August 20, 2010 - 6:08 pm |
| Christine McNeill | London | August 20, 2010 - 6:27 pm | |
| Anne Gobey | Leeds | Play is a fundemental right for children and a necessity for their development. Funding should be made available for more play areas through playbuilder and pathfinder. | August 20, 2010 - 6:31 pm |
| Jack Smith | Sherborne | August 20, 2010 - 6:38 pm | |
| Sharon Downes | Worcester, Broadwas | Our children love our old playground and we would now like to improve it for them. They deserve it | August 20, 2010 - 6:44 pm |
| Nick Wills | Rotherham | Do the right thing. | August 20, 2010 - 7:04 pm |
| Alan Brown | Carlisle | Children in the city have benefitted tremendously from new play areas. Cuts would be damaging and very short-sighted | August 20, 2010 - 7:06 pm |
| Amanda Campbell | Bredon | We should be encouraging our children to learn through play as much as possible. Does the government want generations of couch potatoes! | August 20, 2010 - 7:06 pm |
| Julia Farebrother | Northampton | August 20, 2010 - 7:10 pm | |
| Peter Franklin | Broughton Astley Leicestershire | After installing play parks for a number of years i have seen first hand the enjoyment they bring to the children who use them. Giving children within a community something to do is important for the youth of today. As an employer myself, it doesnt make sense to me to take work away from people with the current economical state. | August 20, 2010 - 7:26 pm |
| Lisa O\'Sullivan | Dalton-In-Furness | August 20, 2010 - 7:30 pm | |
| Carol Wilson | Tavernspite / Whitland, s.w. Wales | It is essential that play parks are kept under County Council funding. Town and Community Councils will never be able to afford the insurance, let alone the maintnenace costs for play areas. We live in a society struggling with how to keep children amused and the government want to take them away. Why??? To let children sit in their rooms and rot wathing t.v. and playint games on the t.v. or computer?!?!?! Not really an option in my books. Children are restricted in their free time anyway, homework etc, and not able to play freely in the street!!! | August 20, 2010 - 7:57 pm |
| Kathleen Fidler | Grantham | August 20, 2010 - 9:01 pm | |
| David Monk | Middle Barton | Please continue to support phase three playbuilder funding - so much effort to date without return -- the children deserve better than this - how should we explain when they have been involved from the outset.... | August 20, 2010 - 9:11 pm |
| Lynn Stevens | Evesham | We have benefitted from Playbuilder and boy does it show. Just come and see our fabulous new site in Abbey Park. It gets packed with active kids and happy parents. Is that not proof it works. Such a shame that two rural parish sites in our district will not now be able to have the fund especially as they had planned it all out and are full of expectation. | August 20, 2010 - 9:26 pm |
| Nicola Salter | Hebden Bridge | safe play areas are crucial to the community on all levels, support this petition, support the nation in retaining a very high standard of provision for the British workforce and the people | August 20, 2010 - 9:52 pm |
| lucy jane armstrong | chorley, lancashire | August 20, 2010 - 9:56 pm | |
| Louise Short | Cheshire | There are signs all over for no football, my niece was threatened with graffiti laws for drawing on the pavement with chalk! They have taken away the swimming key cards here so people on a low budget dont get the discounts. Now this? And they moan that children are becoming overweight! Not only that how much more do children need to lose before the only thing left is crime to fill in their spare time? | August 20, 2010 - 9:58 pm |
| Liam Hart | Holbeach | Please keep as this may help to bring Holbeach back a skatepark and the younger children better playing facilities | August 20, 2010 - 10:14 pm |
| Saira Horner | Oswestry | Lots of these playgrounds have \"matched funding\" deals that local communities have worked really hard for. It\'s not on the the children miss out whilst the banks which were bailed out are now making massive profits! | August 20, 2010 - 10:22 pm |
| Edward John Eisinger | Carterton | August 20, 2010 - 10:22 pm | |
| Linda Mason | Darwen | Indian Givers. Give with one hand ............... Take away with the other. Nothing new there. Do we really need a government like this? | August 20, 2010 - 10:25 pm |
| Gemma Shepherd | Glencoe | August 20, 2010 - 10:34 pm | |
| trudi bareham | buderim, australia | August 20, 2010 - 10:54 pm | |
| Carole Marland | Penzance | Please don\'t take our playbuilder funding away. Many thanks. | August 20, 2010 - 11:08 pm |
| andrew waller | bridgend | Play is part of the growth and development of children .More funding and development in areas of play are required. Though we were heading forward in the development of education and development , but sadly to say it all boils down to the question of government and money !! Prioritize and look to the future,short term savings will not pay off in the end. (Premier Playground Installations) | August 20, 2010 - 11:57 pm |
| Sarah Taylor | Northampton | August 21, 2010 - 12:57 am | |
| Darren Searle | Helston | I think the funding towards play areas is vital , Childre learn as much from play as they do in the classroom. I build natural play areas and seeing the children using the areas is fantastic. Threir imagination grows as well as balance and social skills. The funding should definitely stay in place ! | August 21, 2010 - 7:49 am |
| Alison Baseley | Oswestry | To destroy childhood is to destroy society from the roots up. Make cuts where you can, but keep funding for children. | August 21, 2010 - 8:04 am |
| G.T Cooper | horsham | Save the Playground . | August 21, 2010 - 8:28 am |
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| Darren Smith | Northampton | August 21, 2010 - 8:44 am | |
| Mrs Samantha Scott | Shrewsbury | August 21, 2010 - 9:07 am | |
| Mr James Scott | August 21, 2010 - 9:07 am | ||
| Emma Sigsworth | West Drayton | August 21, 2010 - 9:24 am | |
| Suzanne Fisher | Worcester | August 21, 2010 - 9:25 am | |
| Leif Courtenay | Peebles | Trying to get funding to get local play park refurbished so know how important these facilities are! Good luck! | August 21, 2010 - 9:40 am |
| Alex Rumary | Sherborne | August 21, 2010 - 9:46 am | |
| Jamie Loxton | Sherborne | August 21, 2010 - 10:22 am | |
| Maggie Phillips | Carsphairn, Castle Douglas | Rural areas like where I live need playgrounds for the children to play safely. There many only be a handful of children in the village, but regardless, a play park would make all the difference!! | August 21, 2010 - 10:34 am |
| Jonathan Harris | Scaldwell, Northants | August 21, 2010 - 10:52 am | |
| Lindsay Swinfield | Oakthorpe Village | Our area is one of high unemployment and low morale - the next generations need somewhere decent to play! This is not the way to save money. | August 21, 2010 - 12:01 pm |
| Gary Charlton | Sherborne | I recently helped fund raise for a village playground, it is a brilliant contribution to the village. All playground should be saved. | August 21, 2010 - 12:05 pm |
| Gareth Utting | St Martins | Active play is vital for health and emotional well being. Children are the most unrepresented group when it comes to spending of county and government funds. | August 21, 2010 - 2:31 pm |
| Peter Hibbard | Crowle | Tried numerous times to get local facilities for young people in Crowle North Lincolnshire under a labour controlled unitary authority the leisure facility budget seems to be directed at the town of Scunthorpe, it would be nice if we could have at least some share of the pot for our young people in the way of skate parks etc so as to keep the the young people off the streets and causing damage and endangering themselves.. I have voiced my concerns on local TV BBC Look North and the local press some time ago and while temporary facilities was provided no long term solution has been made.. | August 21, 2010 - 2:40 pm |
| Esmeralda Pelembe-Marsh | Ipswich | Please could you let the children play without fear of not having were to go tomorow for the recriation activity... If you do that, they just stay at home instead learning haw to use ofensive objects like: smoking and drinking alcool on computers. | August 21, 2010 - 3:21 pm |
| claire tolley | condover | We have been allocated £40,ooo to build a much needed play area for our children who have nowhere to play except on the roads in our village. | August 21, 2010 - 5:28 pm |
| Thomas Emery | Shrewsbury | without playbuilder local skateparks would suffer, i thought with BMXing being in the Olympics now skateparks and dirtjumps would now have sufficient funding but i find out now that funding is being cut even more? our local skatepark is a wreck at the moment, within the last 5 years of me riding it im sure it has only been open about 2 months a year due to poor quality workmanship and it needing new plywood every few months. without playfinder the skatepark will never be open and the young people of the area will suffer. without places like skateparks, playgrounds etc where do you expect the young people to go? home? no they will be on the streets making there own fun smashing up phonebox\'s and the likes, more street gangs will come out of this and im sure the government don\'t want that. this is an absolute outrage and just a quick way of the government saving a few quid. | August 21, 2010 - 5:30 pm |
| Graham Tolley | condover | Our children have the right to play safely and develop through natural play and adventure please dont take the opportunity away. | August 21, 2010 - 5:30 pm |
| kevin roe | swindon | August 21, 2010 - 6:39 pm | |
| J Bedford | West Yorkshire | The community/volunteers put so much hard work in preparing quotes etc then have the funding withdrawn - dissapointing for us but the real ones loosing out are the children!! | August 21, 2010 - 7:27 pm |
| Jane Mainwaring | Stoke on Trent | Think ou should really give CARA application for grant serious thought. They have worked hard for 6 long years raising aliot of money themselves. To get the rest of the money themselves will take years. They have done everything ligit and by the books and are now being penalised for this. This area has no thing for local kids and they really need this park. I am from Audley and my 10 year old daughter and her friends would be so grateful. Thanks for listening Jane Mainwaring. | August 21, 2010 - 8:15 pm |
| James | Downey | Do Not Shut The PlayGrounds we need them for Children to be Safe and they is a chance of more children playing in the streets which sooner or laters the amonunt of deaths on the roads will increase. | August 21, 2010 - 8:15 pm |
| Nigel Roberts | Huddersfield | play grounds must develop for children to develop. | August 21, 2010 - 8:34 pm |
| brandon liam james | Tadley | good for young children! and for older ones to hang out whith freinds | August 21, 2010 - 8:48 pm |
| alistair wright | St Martins | In our community we have only got a field the size of a Football Pitch and the lease on that runs out in Oct 2012 . | August 21, 2010 - 8:54 pm |
| kathryn mcrae | Scaldwell, Northants | Our rural village has worked on our proposal for nearly 2 years, and were due to start building in Sept\'10. Like a lot of villages, we have no where for the children to play, gather, stretch and challenge themselves. We desparately need this funding. Our community supports our work 100%. | August 21, 2010 - 8:58 pm |
| andy jacobs | oxford | its a fantastic space use it, and support it, or loose it !!!!!!!!!!!!! | August 21, 2010 - 9:47 pm |
| Brian Lowe | Broxbourne | Playbuilder will form a vital component of our project to build a range of play options and activities for 0-teenage children where we have only two very old worn out swings and a slide in a muddy setting. Our open space is a beautiful ground surrounded by trees and owned by trustees (of whom I am one) who have no significant source of income to hope for such an investment without a substantial grant. Please keep our hopes alive and our local kids healthy and happy outside. | August 21, 2010 - 9:49 pm |
| Mathew Orpin | Crick | August 21, 2010 - 10:08 pm | |
| Kyle Lomas | Stamford | August 21, 2010 - 11:04 pm | |
| Lynne Donoghue | London | August 21, 2010 - 11:57 pm | |
| James Merron | Durham | August 22, 2010 - 12:04 am | |
| Elizabeth | Basingstoke | Every child should have the right to a play ground the goverment is always moaning about child obesity the play ground at least gives children the means to run around and have at least some excerise and to meet other children | August 22, 2010 - 7:38 am |
| Thelma Doyle | London | Children should come first and foremost in our society. Cuts should not be aimed at them. Playgrounds are important. I can still remember the one of my childhood 55 years ago - an amazing place. Playground fun = simple, healthy fun. This must remain | August 22, 2010 - 8:22 am |
| Margaret Hodgkins | Stoke-on-Trent | Please support phase 2 Playbuilder. Communities have been consulted, children have been part of the planning, designs drawn up and completion of our village playground promosed by February. So many children will be disappointed and anti social behaviour will continue to rise through boredom. This does not make economic sense. | August 22, 2010 - 8:53 am |
| Anne Higham | Thurso | I am in suport as kids and teans nead some wear safe to play/hang out | August 22, 2010 - 9:13 am |
| Wendy Russell | Nottingham | Strikes me that this is an example of the Big Society - communities (including children) coming together to design play areas for relatively small amounts of capital money. Is this in line with the sentiments in \'More Ball Games\', the Conservatives Childhood Review? | August 22, 2010 - 10:08 am |
| Charlotte Emily Rourke-Beasley | Dickleburgh, Norfolk | Children need more positive play facilities in our area. | August 22, 2010 - 10:49 am |
| Amanda Hodgkinson | Ashford, Kent | Let the children play!! | August 22, 2010 - 11:02 am |
| Cecilia Merron | Preston | We cannot cost cut anything for our children, they are the future and need only the best. | August 22, 2010 - 11:33 am |
| sharon robinson | ossett west yorkshire | Leave the kids somewhere to play these parks keep the kids off the streets | August 22, 2010 - 12:11 pm |
| gillian robinson | ossett west yorkshire | August 22, 2010 - 12:12 pm | |
| Helen gowler | Northampton | Please invest in our children future | August 22, 2010 - 12:16 pm |
| Gillian Bunce | Nottingham | August 22, 2010 - 2:22 pm | |
| Gerry Ayerst | Carlisle | My company will go bust if this funding is withdrawn - I am a playground installer with no playgrounds to install. Thousands of others in this industry, including the manufacturers will also be affected which means thousands more men and women on the dole! How can that be right? There arent enough play areas as it is without withdrawing the money for any more. | August 22, 2010 - 3:31 pm |
| linda merron | london | August 22, 2010 - 4:55 pm | |
| Peta Lunberg | Surbiton | Where there\'s no place for children to play, children become bored and can feel marginalised. They may end up playing in an unsafe area, eg by busy roads. Play is also imperative for children\'s intellectual development, and outdoor play especially is essential to their mental wellbeing. | August 22, 2010 - 5:27 pm |
| Martin Cooper | Newport, Isle of Wight | Playgrounds must be saved. I live in an area built mostly in the 70s by greedy builders who made no provision for children\'s play, and I fear for what the children of the area will grow up like. | August 22, 2010 - 5:40 pm |
| Jo Birznieks | Nottingham | This funding is very important to the families and communities within the cities and towns - vital that we continue with this important area of development | August 22, 2010 - 7:14 pm |
| Martin Edwards | Dover | August 22, 2010 - 8:06 pm | |
| Ashleigh Gwilliam | Solihull | August 22, 2010 - 8:33 pm | |
| Lucie Appleton | Ossett, Wakefield | Please reinstate Playbuilder funding. I\'m 16 but even me & my friends have enjoyed the new equipment in the local park. There was never anything for us teenage girls to do in the play areas before, we would just sit & watch the lads play football but now there\'s exciting stuff for us to use and we get a work out while we have a laugh. But we need more!!! | August 22, 2010 - 8:59 pm |
| David wilkes | Oxton, Notts | Enourmous voluntary effort has been put into our plans, and we anticipated the arrival of our new playground for 8-14 year olds this autumn. Our children were and are all very excited about it. Please don\'t smash their dreams for the sake of a relatively small saving. If contracts are cancelled now our Council will have to pay penalty fines, that WILL be throwing money away. MAKE GOOD ON PLAYBUILDER FUNDING ! | August 22, 2010 - 9:01 pm |
| Andrew R Finnis | Dover | Stop the cuts and allow all playbuilder equipment grants and promotions to continue as planned. Our community\'s children have nothing to do with the financial position of our land but as a small Kent parish we have been trying to get our only playground for over 30 years and we have just got the field prepared so how can the authorities make such cuts in our childrens development. | August 22, 2010 - 9:27 pm |
| Tazmin Round | Abingdon | Our children needs it, our villages and towns needs it, our parents need it, our youth need it, we all need the funding for our much needed local park. Please support the playbuilder funding. | August 22, 2010 - 9:46 pm |
| Rupert Browning | haywards Heath | A worthwhile government initiative that should be supported | August 22, 2010 - 10:34 pm |
| Paul Kelly | Ovingham | Adventure is essential in the development of healthy children. Modern equipment is designed to provide challenges at the same time as avoiding the serious risks to life and limb. Our kids need this investment. | August 23, 2010 - 6:48 am |
| Alison Mann | London | August 23, 2010 - 7:37 am | |
| Kaye Horsfied | Chapeltown | Chapeltown park was so close to getting a modern safe playground - don\'t cut the funding now. | August 23, 2010 - 7:37 am |
| rhona mead | worminghall | if children don\'t learn to play outside and be active at an early age, there will be repercussions later. | August 23, 2010 - 8:01 am |
| Rachel Seed | Burnley | I think we should invest more money into playgrounds. If a town has a great playground people will travel from all around to visit the playground. This would make it good for local children & families who have made their visit a cheap day out. Take a picnic & you could be there for a full day. | August 23, 2010 - 8:15 am |
| Rob Palin | Runcorn | August 23, 2010 - 8:29 am | |
| Ian Balchin | Ripley | Children are spending far too much time isolated indoors using computer games. I believe that this is detremental to their long term health and reduces their abillity to interact with other children. Play areas are vital in childrens development as physical and mental stimulation are required if they are to grow into healthy well balanced people. Children need to have fun through play. | August 23, 2010 - 8:43 am |
| Bernadette Smith | Motherwell | August 23, 2010 - 8:54 am | |
| bernadette Smith | Motherwell | August 23, 2010 - 8:55 am | |
| Nicola Johnson | Barrow in Furness | Please continue to support playbuilder funding so many children and families get so much happiness from these projects | August 23, 2010 - 8:58 am |
| Shelly Quinton-Hulme | Stretford | To stop the Playbuilder funding programme is so short sighted and will end up costing us all far more in the long run. I just hope the government listen. | August 23, 2010 - 8:59 am |
| Stuart Deans | Livingston | Please continue the Playbuilder support. | August 23, 2010 - 9:05 am |
| Simon Luscombe | Arrad Foot | As well as keeping chidren entertained it helps keep people in work | August 23, 2010 - 9:11 am |
| Alix Siddall | South Milford | August 23, 2010 - 9:20 am | |
| Juliet McShane | Stafford | This is why I voted for Labour at the last election. Our kids today are disaffected enough as it is, without needing further excuse to stay in the house and play on games consoles. | August 23, 2010 - 9:21 am |
| jason gilchrist | worcester | please continue to with the support for playbuilder | August 23, 2010 - 9:26 am |
| Tracie Gleeson | Croydon | This is probably the last opportunity for some time to invest in play spaces. In view of the ever increasing cuts in many services, it seems crazy to take away this funding that could really make a difference to children,young people and families. Good quality play opportunities that are free are essential for local communities and the Playbuilder investment can help to achieve this. | August 23, 2010 - 9:29 am |
| Peter Scott | Thurrock | This funding was a long time coming and needs to be reinstated. | August 23, 2010 - 9:39 am |
| May Patel | Harrow | Harrow is in great need of this funding to help enhance some of their play areas. Phase 1 has been a great success with reduction in ASB, greater use of parks by children and parents. The new designs encourage parents to be in the park with their cildren. It would be a shame not to allow Phase 2 to proceed. | August 23, 2010 - 9:48 am |
| Gaynor White | Guildford | With more and more children being diagnosed as obese play areas are more important than ever! Play equipment provides stimulation, both mental and physical, and children learn valuable social skills at the same time. | August 23, 2010 - 10:00 am |
| Michaela Lamb | Minster, Thanet | Please keep the playbuilder funds to help support our communities and encourage our children to be active outdoors and not play on computers and games and get obese! | August 23, 2010 - 10:01 am |
| iain reid | inverness | In Scotland we have not had the benefit of the £millions of funding seen in England over the last few years, as a result play area numbers in Inverness have reduced from 120 a few years ago to 99 at present - and more face the chop unless funding is found. This scenario could very well be replicated south of the border. | August 23, 2010 - 10:03 am |
| Andrew Nicholson | Romford | Using our open spaces and promoting play is essential for kids today to promote an active lifestyle, especially with the prevalence of video games and TV in todays society. | August 23, 2010 - 10:04 am |
| Bryan W Hickin | Houghton on the Hill | Please support this great scheme. | August 23, 2010 - 10:16 am |
| Janet Carruzzo | Hampstead Norreys | Our village along with many other around the country are desperate for facilities for young people so pulling government funding is very short-sighted. It is very unfair to promise the money and then withdraw it. Surely it is better that our young people are given play equipment in parks which encourages fitness and sociability than children either staying in their homes playing computer games or finding other amusements that may get them into trouble. Please don\'t cut these essential funds and certainly do not go back on your promises!! | August 23, 2010 - 10:17 am |
| Kimberley Hill | St Helens | August 23, 2010 - 10:46 am | |
| jontandy | Shrewsbury | I feel that cutting funding from young people is the wrong thing to do | August 23, 2010 - 10:49 am |
| Justine Jonwa | Nottingham | August 23, 2010 - 10:50 am | |
| Cllr Jon Tandy | Shrewsbury | Its very disapointing that the Goverment is so short sighted, | August 23, 2010 - 10:50 am |
| sam collins | warrington | August 23, 2010 - 11:01 am | |
| Charlotte Henderson | Staveley, Cumbria | I am a childrens OCcupational Therapist and regard play as a key player to support childrens development. | August 23, 2010 - 11:01 am |
| Liz Jansson | Northampton | Providing dedicated play areas and good, interactive and challenging play equipment to keep kids fit and healthy in the great outdoors is of great importance and should not be pushed aside in this way. | August 23, 2010 - 11:14 am |
| Phil O\'Sullivan | Bristol | yeah. | August 23, 2010 - 11:18 am |
| Doris Denton | August 23, 2010 - 11:36 am | ||
| Doris Denton | Sheffield Chapeltown | Our current playground is 50 years old on concrete 3 old pieces of play equipment - we, Friends of Chapeltown Park,have raised £100k ourselves for a new natural playground - if we don\'t get this funding we will have to build a playground without ANY pieces of equipment in it! | August 23, 2010 - 11:39 am |
| tracey perkins | sherborne | I work in our local playgroup and we regularly use our local play park, so I know first hand the pleasure and fun children get from play areas. Children\'s well-being is at stake here, so we all need to act to ensure that all children get access to good, safe play areas. | August 23, 2010 - 11:41 am |
| Helen O\'Neill | Dickleburgh | The Playbuilder funding is a vital lifeline to small communities such as Dickleburgh. Our play area is very outdated and dangerous and needs replacing to provide the children and young people of the village with an outlet for play and to encourage them to get some much needed exercise. The scheme at Dickleburgh has gone through consultation and we are awaiting the design schemes back from the designers. To lose the funding now would be disastrous as the children and young people of the village have had their hopes and expectations raised only to have them dashed and for the Parish Council to have to restart the process of gaining funding. | August 23, 2010 - 11:46 am |
| colin horton | tetbury | August 23, 2010 - 11:48 am | |
| susie norris | London | August 23, 2010 - 11:50 am | |
| Steve Cunningham | Shrewsbury | Play opportunities are essential for children and playbuilder has helped to open up these opportunities for children across the uk. | August 23, 2010 - 11:53 am |
| William Molesworth | Holbeach | keep funding our younger generation enjoyment. | August 23, 2010 - 12:02 pm |
| Jo HOward | St Ives | Playgrounds transformed by children and communities, looked after and inspected by parents and other adults, cost effectively maintained and supported by councils = well used, happy healthy spaces contributing to community cohesion, childrens health and future wellbeing. Slashed spending on playgrounds = dissapointed and angry children and communities disillusioned with politics, learning the lesson that adults and councils in particular cannot be trusted, there is no point in trying self help, reduced sense of self worth because \"no one thinks it worth investing in us\" | August 23, 2010 - 12:05 pm |
| Matthew Leys | London | Any parent of young children knows how crucial playgrounds are. Everyone needs one, as close to their home as possible. Not everyone has a garden or a safe street for their kids to play in! | August 23, 2010 - 12:11 pm |
| Lisa Dowling | Kettering | August 23, 2010 - 12:13 pm | |
| Joanne Lempriere | Newbury | Play parks are good for all ages to keep fit | August 23, 2010 - 12:21 pm |
| TIM LUCAS | GUILDFORD | This is a cut too far. The Government is prepared to spend £10,000 million on hosting 2 weeks of athletics but is threatening to wriggle out of its commitment to the next £75 million of playpark investment. It is vital investment for children\'s health. The equipment is used by adults too. The spend shoud be increased, not threatened. Shame on you, GRABBER GOVE | August 23, 2010 - 12:22 pm |
| Lee Lempriere | Newbury | Playing on play parks/areas help keep children fit. | August 23, 2010 - 12:23 pm |
| James Bertlin | LIndale, Grange-over-Sands | I support the need for the continuation of the recreational facility of a playground, BUT, stress that there should be legislation for the prohibition of dogs within the Childrens\' play area in the interests of Health and Safety if there is to be any funding whatsoever for the refurbishment of the Lindale Recreation Ground.( Note: see quote as an example from tracey peters, blackpool- \"children need to be allowed to play in a safe area\" | August 23, 2010 - 12:28 pm |
| Christopher J Merron | PRESTON | Play is probably the most important educational tool in a child\'s life. To deprive children of early play experience which provides stimulus and challenge is to stunt their development in an irreparable way. A more imaginative approach to play areas is needed. Expensive equipment it not necessary. Community involvement; providing careful supervision, safety and maintenance, with bottom up motivation and top down funding is my ideal. I was lucky; I had a whole woodland to play in & straw bales to build with etc. | August 23, 2010 - 12:32 pm |
| Karen Hutt | Newbury | We need playgrounds, especially during a recession when other forms of activity are too expensive | August 23, 2010 - 12:53 pm |
| Liz Penn | Wokingham Without | August 23, 2010 - 1:33 pm | |
| Paul Johnson | Nottingham | August 23, 2010 - 2:19 pm | |
| lorna cox | little harrowden | playbuilder is an essential fund for many children whom do not currently have access to playareas. without it our children simply do not have equal opportunies as children in other areas and removing this funding will be harmful to our future generations. obesity levels will rise even further/ anti social behavior will increase. PLEASE THINK AGAIN!!!! | August 23, 2010 - 2:33 pm |
| Daniel Chandler | Hemel Hempstead | Playbuilder was just beginning to make real improvements to the play environments for our children. When money is short parents cant afford to take their children out to theme parks etc and children become more and more dependent upon local play facilities. In our haste to cut back on public expenditure we must protect the most vulnerable and those who don\'t have a choice. If we truly believe that children are our future we must fight the cut to Playbuilder funding and support the local communities (The Folks) who want to do more for their young people. | August 23, 2010 - 2:35 pm |
| Emma Fisher | Hemel Hempstead | I work as a teacher in a primary school and play is a very important part of learning. It also gets kids out and away from the TV. I have seen play areas around the south east so busy and some were even over flowing with kids. Please Mr Cameron and Michael Gove don\'t do this! | August 23, 2010 - 2:38 pm |
| Paul Nicholson | Mickleton | August 23, 2010 - 2:41 pm | |
| DE12 7LX | Swadlincote | Exercise and social interaction are key to the development of young people and play areas are a great way to develop both. Boredom is the most common excuse given as a cause for anti social behavior so the maintenance of play area\'s and the development of newer and more \"Engaging\" play areas will hopefully prevent ASB. We should also be mindful of the social benefits to parents, with young children, who accompany their kids to play areas, as this provides an opportunity for parents to meet other parents and develop community. To some people taking their kids to the play area is possibly the only opportunity they get to socialize with other adults. I feel the benefits that play area\'s bring are so blindingly obvious I am amazed that this project is at risk. More play areas and better maintained play areas please. | August 23, 2010 - 2:44 pm |
| Sarah Musgrave | BARROW IN FURNESS | Help keep children healthy! | August 23, 2010 - 2:57 pm |
| Michelle Parker | Brighton | This fantastic scheme has massively improved children\'s facilities both for the kids but also with the associated benefits for the wider community. Myself, and GreenSpace South East, fully support the continuation of the programme to finish delivery of new play areas. Without this funding many local authorities are unable to fund improvements independently. | August 23, 2010 - 3:00 pm |
| Lucia Whittaker | Derby | August 23, 2010 - 3:13 pm | |
| Belinda Edwards | Helston | I have recently been involved in a Playbuilder scheme in a village called Carharrack near Redruth in Cornwall. The £50,000 Playbuilder investment has reulted in obtaining further grants of £85,000 and we have susccesfully re invigorated the village park from the rather run down position it was in. Great for the village residents of all ages and helps provide a safe and pleasant environment for outdoor exercise - hopefully impacting positivly on the health agenda - obesity etc. The project has made the community work together with a very good result. | August 23, 2010 - 3:39 pm |
| June Steel | Huddersfield | Play is vital for the long term health of our children and this programme has already brought play facilities to so many. However there are still many more who were due to benefit and now may lose out.Please don\'t take this funding and opportunity away from them and damage the huge progress that is being made. | August 23, 2010 - 3:44 pm |
| Naomi Crawley | Windsor | I understand maintaining community areas can be expensive but it means so much to the locals i use my park to walk my dog in the designated area, i see; the skate park where alot of young people are enjoying themselves, the play park where young ones use up excess energy, families having picnics on the grass and people of all ages playing ball games. The place is good for all - but the water tap is currently brocken that is my only complaint. =] | August 23, 2010 - 3:45 pm |
| Anna Madeleine | London | August 23, 2010 - 4:31 pm | |
| ian leak | Frome | August 23, 2010 - 4:51 pm | |
| Rebecca Rees | Sheffield | Play is fun and an essential part in growing up | August 23, 2010 - 5:34 pm |
| Pierre Molyneux | Bredon | August 23, 2010 - 5:39 pm | |
| Lindsay Anglin | Bristol | August 23, 2010 - 5:47 pm | |
| Alison Truman | Ellistown | We received playbuilder funding last year and it has made a massive difference in our village. Kids need playgrounds!!!!!!!! | August 23, 2010 - 6:01 pm |
| Jeff Rea | Cononley, N Yorks | I\'m a member of our village\'s playing field committee - The loss of funding will severely curtail our plans to refurbish our aging playpark (to meet the increasingly exacting ROSPA standards expected of it). All we want is to provide a safe, fun place for our kids and young people to play to keep them out of harm and trouble and we will have to drastically scale back our plans | August 23, 2010 - 7:27 pm |
| Colin Cheesman | Abergavenny | An essential part in the adventure of growing up. Surely this is more important than Trident? | August 23, 2010 - 8:22 pm |
| Julie Deborah Reed | Crowle | Crowle is one of the many rurally deprived areas with 2000 households and NO park for children please do not pull the funding already allocated as it will make a real difference. There are similar stories up and down the country there are other areas to cut before we take out facilties which help prevent anti social behaviour | August 23, 2010 - 9:09 pm |
| michelle ball | london | this is a great scheme and gives the kids something to do rather than them walk around the streets getting into trouble | August 23, 2010 - 9:10 pm |
| Catherine North | Hereford | Our community group are working towards renovating our local play area. We have enormous support in the community and were earmarked for playbuilder funding, we\'d hate to lose such a valuable resource for the children. www.welliesactiongroup.org | August 23, 2010 - 9:22 pm |
| Sumi Olson | Liphook | seems crazy to me to deliberately target this playground buildiing when it deals with obesity, fitness, community builidng & regeneration, local business support, etc. In one swoop it has shown young people & children how fickle & uncaring political agendas can be - this disilllusionment will have repercussions for years to come. Yet Trident and other ideological favourites continue to get funding. | August 23, 2010 - 9:28 pm |
| M Lloyd-Hayes | Hereford | There is such a need for this facility for children and there families, it has a huge amount of support from the community and local councillors. | August 24, 2010 - 7:54 am |
| Tony Buckley | Chester | August 24, 2010 - 8:16 am | |
| michael o\'doherty | ulverston | this will be a chance for the government to set the big society idea off to a flying start. what better way than to show your future voters what you are doing for them. | August 24, 2010 - 8:27 am |
| Lynne Firkins | Plymouth | August 24, 2010 - 8:40 am | |
| Nick Firkins | Plymouth | August 24, 2010 - 8:41 am | |
| Cherie Morgan | Aberdeen | I support the petition on behalf of Aberdeen Play Forum. Scotland has not had this funding, but we work hard in our community to ensure that play areas for children are protected, which is not always easy in this financial climate. Supporting children to play outdoors is vital for the future health of the whole nation. Good luck with your campaign. | August 24, 2010 - 9:42 am |
| Rachel Clee | Sleaford | August 24, 2010 - 10:15 am | |
| Dave Roberts | Wigan | We must keep funding community resource to encourage the \"big-society\" that the coalition governemnt are trying to create/develop. Safe and well managed playgrounds are a fundamental learning and developmental tool for young children and are often an informal meeting place for parents also. I appreciate we need to make cuts to pay off the countries debt but surely this would be hypocritical. I can think of the many quangoes, banks and improved security around welfare payments that would come much higher up the list before we get to cutting off resource for all of our futures. | August 24, 2010 - 10:34 am |
| Helen Buttinger | Nottingham | August 24, 2010 - 10:44 am | |
| Iain Young | Edinburgh | Please do not cut this funding, people of all ages require parks and recreation areas. Children especially require parks and open spaces to allow healthy exercise and development. Skateparks in this age are increasingly popular and are also healthy, non-agist, non-discriminary places where people can skate in a safe environment and help steer youth away from generally loitering around town by giving them a positive outlet for their energies. Increase the peace! | August 24, 2010 - 10:51 am |
| David Mason | Hexham | If the government can contemplate spending billions of pounds on a high speed rail link to save 20 MINUTES journey time from London (the centre of the universe) to Birmingham and at the same time cut this type of funding we must really be asking \'what has gone wrong with our society? | August 24, 2010 - 10:52 am |
| Joy Baker | Surrey | A disgrace to cut funding which see the most positive outcome for all who benefit from it, both children and adults. | August 24, 2010 - 10:56 am |
| Les Baker | Surrey | August 24, 2010 - 10:56 am | |
| Phil Chamberlain | Colerne | Our community benefited greatly from a Playbuilder grant - other communities shouldn\'t be denied the same opportunity | August 24, 2010 - 10:57 am |
| Serena Marshall | Malvern | August 24, 2010 - 11:04 am | |
| Lara Thompson | Bath | August 24, 2010 - 11:11 am | |
| MRS VIVTUNNADINE | GRANGE-OVER-SANDS | Children need space and opportunity to play in a safe and stimulating environment. Many playgrounds nationally need updating as they have reached their sell by date. Millions are being spent on the Pope\'s visit to this country a worthwhile experience I am sure but it seems bizarre amount of money when the government can not financially meet the needs of the children through school improvement programmes, new school building programmmes, resources for schools and now upgrading playgrounds. | August 24, 2010 - 11:34 am |
| Laura Boyles | Sheffield | August 24, 2010 - 11:44 am | |
| LOUISE WINSTANLEY | WIGAN | I\'m a Playworker on the Path Finder Project for Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust, our funding is being cut also which means job losses in the section. Children in the country deserve play opportunities, taking them away is going to create more negative occurances for the future of children today. The government need to re think their decision and the outcomes it will create. | August 24, 2010 - 11:59 am |
| John Cooper | Wigan | Play services are the the most effective key to engaging with who are labled hard to reach. Why cut it when we most need it. | August 24, 2010 - 12:00 pm |
| Emma Dawson | London | August 24, 2010 - 12:30 pm | |
| Claire Barratt | Appleton, Oxon | Please keep the funding available for these much needed play areas, especially in the villages which have no playground at all such as Appleton. | August 24, 2010 - 12:41 pm |
| Liz Parsons | Shrewsbury | August 24, 2010 - 1:04 pm | |
| Steve Potton | Essex | Children should be encouraged to play outside rather than inside | August 24, 2010 - 1:07 pm |
| DOUGLAS J FULLBROOK | NEWTON, WISBECH | We have a lovely green but virtually no play facilites in Newton - nearest are about 3 miles away. A recent survey conducted by the Parish Council shows overwhelming support for a mix of equipment appealing to age ranges 3 to 18 years - including a youth shelter to address antisocial behaviour | August 24, 2010 - 1:25 pm |
| Edel Langan | Milton Keynes | Within the current economic climate where parents of young families are struggling to pay the bills local playgrounds are more need and used than ever before. | August 24, 2010 - 2:19 pm |
| Tom Johnston | Kent | Children need outdoor play. Please continue with playbuilder funding. This investment must continue as it is extremely important for the development of children and brings families and communities together in a fun and engaging way. | August 24, 2010 - 2:20 pm |
| Patricia Crane | Desford | I think that the present government should honour the Playbuilder grants promised to communities all over the country. They can change grants in the future, but should not take away what has already been promised. | August 24, 2010 - 2:50 pm |
| Susan Foulkes | Barton-le-Clay, Bedford | As a Clerk to a Parish Council I know how extremely costly playground equipment can be. \'Playbuilder\' was to fund the replacement of outdated equipment at one of our parks which is primarily aimed at teenagers - this project has now had to be put on hold ... indefinitely :-( | August 24, 2010 - 3:25 pm |
| William Desborough | Cambridge | August 24, 2010 - 3:59 pm | |
| John Vincent | Nottingham | Play opportunities are essential for children\'s social well being and development. | August 24, 2010 - 4:03 pm |
| Famida Khan | Birmingham | August 24, 2010 - 4:07 pm | |
| Rosemary Carver-Smith | London | August 24, 2010 - 4:09 pm | |
| Niko Falzarano | SE26 4ER | August 24, 2010 - 4:12 pm | |
| Simon Steggles | Birmingham | Grrrr. Save them you fiends. | August 24, 2010 - 4:21 pm |
| louise woods | needham mkt | August 24, 2010 - 4:34 pm | |
| Georgina Matthews | Nottinghamshire | August 24, 2010 - 4:43 pm | |
| Sally Dennis | Birmingham | August 24, 2010 - 4:52 pm | |
| Julie Skinner | Milton Keynes | What better way to invest for the future but in our children, what better way than Playbuilder - it would be a travesty if this funding is pulled, disregarding all the hard work and energy that local communities and designers have injected into these projects..! Lets just hope the government re-evaluate this cost cutting exercise to avoid facing the consequences of dangling the carrot... | August 24, 2010 - 5:16 pm |
| Graham Bland | Ulverston | Kids need clean safe playgrounds. | August 24, 2010 - 5:38 pm |
| Aaron Hersey | Twickenham | Young people need things to do, otherwise through boredom they are going to start getting involved in anti-social behaviour, delinquency, drugs and so on. Surely this is obvious? Those in the government need to understand this. Young people are our future and need to be given plenty of opportunities to fill their time with positive things. Boredom breeds problems, and we cannot blame our young people if we do not try to alleviate this. | August 24, 2010 - 7:47 pm |
| Bryan Williams | Gloucester | August 24, 2010 - 7:52 pm | |
| geoffrey morris | st andrews | playgrounds are a vital component of safe recreation for our children in the 21st century and should be supported as should provision for teenagers who are increasingly seen as a threat even when they are simply \"hanging out\" because they have no facilities to call their own. | August 24, 2010 - 7:59 pm |
| Les Pace | Northampton | Children need safe quality play areas. | August 24, 2010 - 8:25 pm |
| Joel Turner | Levenshulme, Manchester | Most playground equipment is now so dated and worn out, that the removal of the funding that was ring-fenced for new innovative play equipment amounts to no more than stealing from our children. | August 24, 2010 - 8:29 pm |
| Diane Molloy | Ossett | Children need safe places to learn how to play, have fun and build confidence......so don\'t take away the playbuilder funding...please. | August 24, 2010 - 8:32 pm |
| Garry Long | Torquay | We are in desperate need of a new playground. Torbay Council needs year two playbuilder funding. | August 24, 2010 - 8:47 pm |
| Mathew Orpin | Crick | August 24, 2010 - 8:54 pm | |
| annick faure | appleton | August 24, 2010 - 9:04 pm | |
| Jessica Loveday | Appleyon | We have a school, a preschool, a toddler group and a youth club, lots of children, c 1000 people and NO PLAYGROUND. Our nearest one is in the next village 2 miles away along a main road with no pavement. Local mums have worked ridiculously hard forming a committee and researching play equipment and locations etc, hosted a playground day and filled in forms for grants. Don\'t take this opportunity away! | August 24, 2010 - 9:30 pm |
| malcolm gillard | thornbury | my eldest son and i were on our local skatepark commitee 3 years ago,we were never told about playbuilder.i designed a phase 2 skatepark built around our existing tarmac and metal ramp setup,it was accepted by the council pending funding!!!felt bikes wanted to donate money but nothing ever happened,playbuilder could really help us get the new facility we so desperately need. | August 24, 2010 - 10:50 pm |
| Walter Thompson | August 24, 2010 - 11:26 pm | ||
| Victoria MacDonald | Norwich | Playgrounds aren\'t just for children - they\'re an important asset for the whole community. | August 25, 2010 - 9:03 am |
| Sarah Young | Ulverston, Cumbria | Children need to play outside & use their imaginations in an area that encourges this. | August 25, 2010 - 9:35 am |
| Jeremy Lord | Nottingham | The funding has already had a massive impact on play areas, exiting and new, and cannot be lost!! | August 25, 2010 - 9:39 am |
| Sheri Edwards | Bredon | Please continue to support outdoor play development and encourage healthy, active living for our children. | August 25, 2010 - 10:27 am |
| Alex Johnston | Bodmin | Don\'t scrap investment in the future generation | August 25, 2010 - 10:34 am |
| CLIVE WARD | RUGBY | August 25, 2010 - 11:08 am | |
| Adam Godfrey | Nottingham | we ened more not less! | August 25, 2010 - 12:48 pm |
| Wendy Burkinshaw | Swinton | If public playgrounds are cut back any more they will surely disappear leaving pubs to charge ridiculous prices for soft play sessions and irresponsibly giving the more easily led adults temptation to keep their children out late and sometimes drink when they should be supervising them!! Playgrounds should be linked to public buildings such as schools to encourage more positive community participation and ensure vandalism is minimised, reducing costs. | August 25, 2010 - 12:54 pm |
| Hayley Johnson | Nottingham | August 25, 2010 - 12:58 pm | |
| Amanda Hughes | Winchester | August 25, 2010 - 1:54 pm | |
| Lee Moulton | Chester | Let child play not pay !!!!! | August 25, 2010 - 2:08 pm |
| Sharon Gimson | Poole | August 25, 2010 - 2:18 pm | |
| Thomas Freke | Yeovil | August 25, 2010 - 2:26 pm | |
| richard Lock | Milborne St Andrew | Children\'s play equipment is an essential part of development to cut such a vital project will be foolhardy and lead to social exclusion and disaffected youth. Part of the Big Society Initiative I suppose!! | August 25, 2010 - 2:26 pm |
| Louise Barton | Manchester | August 25, 2010 - 2:26 pm | |
| Christina Davison | Sunderland | August 25, 2010 - 2:27 pm | |
| Lorraine Linder | Yeovil | August 25, 2010 - 2:27 pm | |
| Fiona Neil | Northampton | August 25, 2010 - 2:28 pm | |
| Charlotte Chipperfield | Ashford, Kent | August 25, 2010 - 2:28 pm | |
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| J Micklewright | Sherborne | August 25, 2010 - 2:31 pm | |
| Daniel Buckley | Rushden | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully as it directly affects the very communities it was orginally designed to assist. Saving money from the \'playbuilder\' grant should not be a soft option on saving our current government money. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry and therefore the economy as a whole. | August 25, 2010 - 2:32 pm |
| Angie Evans | Kettering | August 25, 2010 - 2:32 pm | |
| David Owen | Kettering | Playbuilder has been a great success in the first two years, if the third year funding is removed then a lot of children will loose out. | August 25, 2010 - 2:35 pm |
| Heather Jacques | Milton Keynes | August 25, 2010 - 2:35 pm | |
| Adam Barton | Ashford | Play is a fundamental right for all children! | August 25, 2010 - 2:39 pm |
| Adam Marshall | Northampton | Playbuilder has been a great success in the first two years, if the third year funding is removed then a lot of children will loose out. | August 25, 2010 - 2:41 pm |
| Leah Hodgkinson | Leeds | August 25, 2010 - 2:45 pm | |
| Andrea Parkinson | Selby | August 25, 2010 - 2:45 pm | |
| John Sharrpe | Brigg | August 25, 2010 - 2:46 pm | |
| Alison Oglesby | Brigg | August 25, 2010 - 2:46 pm | |
| Gavin ] | August 25, 2010 - 2:48 pm | ||
| peter kerr | haverthwaite,ulverston | August 25, 2010 - 2:53 pm | |
| Mike Richards | Leeds | August 25, 2010 - 2:53 pm | |
| Christian Blyth | Leeds | Children are our future, please think of the little ones! | August 25, 2010 - 2:55 pm |
| steve locke | millom,cumbria | August 25, 2010 - 2:58 pm | |
| david lawrence | ulverston | August 25, 2010 - 2:58 pm | |
| Erin Walshaw | Selby | August 25, 2010 - 2:58 pm | |
| Philip Wood | ulverston | August 25, 2010 - 2:59 pm | |
| colin young | ulverston | August 25, 2010 - 2:59 pm | |
| Gavin Wadsworth | South Kirkby | Playbuilder is for the children, dont make them pay for our mistakes | August 25, 2010 - 3:00 pm |
| Gary Thompson | barrow in furness | August 25, 2010 - 3:00 pm | |
| philip strong | barrow in furness | August 25, 2010 - 3:00 pm | |
| shaun hodgson | grange-over -sands | August 25, 2010 - 3:01 pm | |
| iain todd | ulverston | August 25, 2010 - 3:01 pm | |
| peter cahill | dalton-in-furness | August 25, 2010 - 3:01 pm | |
| Peter FAulkner | Geddington | Every Child has right to play, develop and learn in a stimulating safe enviroment. The play builder program help promote this and ensured that we gave children the best opportunities we could provide. To stop this program at this stage when it is starting to have such a good impact on communities will have long term consequence in years to come. | August 25, 2010 - 3:02 pm |
| george young | ulverston | August 25, 2010 - 3:02 pm | |
| John Todd | ulverston | August 25, 2010 - 3:02 pm | |
| Linda Simmonds | Ascot | August 25, 2010 - 3:04 pm | |
| Ruth Bell | Wakefield | August 25, 2010 - 3:06 pm | |
| Rebecca Whaley | Goole East Yorkshire | August 25, 2010 - 3:06 pm | |
| Margaret Lonsdale | Selby, North Yorkshire | August 25, 2010 - 3:08 pm | |
| Sean Pretlove | Radcliffe | No playing fields, no playgrounds no fun, no playing out.Lets not have children eh ? | August 25, 2010 - 3:09 pm |
| Emma Glynn | South Kirkby | August 25, 2010 - 3:10 pm | |
| Helen Leary | Selby | August 25, 2010 - 3:11 pm | |
| Steven Wilson | Barnsley | August 25, 2010 - 3:13 pm | |
| craig benson | flookburgh,grange-over-sands | August 25, 2010 - 3:14 pm | |
| Wendy Shakesby | Selby | August 25, 2010 - 3:14 pm | |
| gary strong | barrow-in-furness | August 25, 2010 - 3:14 pm | |
| Tom winder | stainton,dalton-in-furness | August 25, 2010 - 3:15 pm | |
| matthew mcginley | bacbarrow,ulverston | August 25, 2010 - 3:15 pm | |
| Alan brown | millom,cumbria | August 25, 2010 - 3:16 pm | |
| Ben hodgson | Grange-over-sands | August 25, 2010 - 3:16 pm | |
| Matthew Cocker | Enfield | Playgrounds are an integral part of childrens play and needs investment | August 25, 2010 - 3:17 pm |
| Jon Dacre | kirkby-in-furness | August 25, 2010 - 3:17 pm | |
| mark patterson | nottingham | please continue with the funding to help make a difference for our kids | August 25, 2010 - 3:17 pm |
| Warwick Muncaster | barrow-in-furness | August 25, 2010 - 3:18 pm | |
| wendy patterson | mansfield | August 25, 2010 - 3:18 pm | |
| chloe patterson | mansfield | August 25, 2010 - 3:19 pm | |
| laura patterson | mansfield | August 25, 2010 - 3:19 pm | |
| Kristina Potter | Selby | August 25, 2010 - 3:19 pm | |
| Nadine Henry | Nottingham | As everyone knows, playgrounds fight childhood obesity. What does it say about the government\'s strategy to cut a programme that promotes both health and communities working together? To stop this program at this stage when it is starting to have such a good impact on communities will have long term consequence in years to come! | August 25, 2010 - 3:19 pm |
| rebecca leece | ulvertson | why cut the funding so close to the end of the project? this is unfair for the children and communities involved. this is exactly why a Conservative government was such a dangerous direction for Britain - a party who find making cuts as easy as stealing candy from a baby...or the chance for children to play in this case. | August 25, 2010 - 3:20 pm |
| Jon Legg-Bagg | Bridport | It is with great sadness that I hear Playbuilder funding has been withdrawn. I have seen my children on play areas and seen what fun they have and what energy they burn off. I fear without these play areas children will be stuck behind a computer screen. | August 25, 2010 - 3:21 pm |
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| eileen grainger | Yarm | We have recently got some play facilities and the benefits to our community are enormous. The social,health and educational benefits are available at precise times in a childs life and ALL children should have access to the best facilities available. The children did not create these problems, the financial world did but they are not suffering at all. | August 25, 2010 - 3:28 pm |
| Alex Stewart | Hamilton | the future health of our children is at stake | August 25, 2010 - 3:29 pm |
| John Morgan | Kemspton | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | August 25, 2010 - 3:38 pm |
| chris lodge | sheffield | The loss of this funding will badly affect uk manufacturing and deprive our communities of much needed play facilities, please reconsider. | August 25, 2010 - 3:44 pm |
| Tracy Ball | Milton Keynes | August 25, 2010 - 3:49 pm | |
| James Rose | Loughton | A wonderful initiative that has started to create innovative and exciting areas for children to gain improved play experiences from. It will a huge disapointment if the funding is not continued to develop this. | August 25, 2010 - 3:50 pm |
| Liz Campbell | Staines | August 25, 2010 - 3:51 pm | |
| Vanessa Macleod | Wiltshire | August 25, 2010 - 3:55 pm | |
| D chambers | Rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:55 pm | |
| L Chambers | Rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:55 pm | |
| D Fielding-chambers | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:55 pm | |
| B Brennan | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:55 pm | |
| G Fielding | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm | |
| L Fielding | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm | |
| D Fielding | Rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm | |
| G fielding | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm | |
| S Fielding | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm | |
| A Anderson | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm | |
| R anderson | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm | |
| G lord | rochdale | August 25, 2010 - 3:56 pm | |
| Danielle Macleod | Chippenham | August 25, 2010 - 3:59 pm | |
| Kristina M Rose Harrison | Vale of Glamorgan | August 25, 2010 - 4:00 pm | |
| Lee Crosse | Salisbury | August 25, 2010 - 4:01 pm | |
| Jad Orwin | Chippenham | August 25, 2010 - 4:01 pm | |
| Niall Macleod | Chippenham | August 25, 2010 - 4:02 pm | |
| Rhys Macleod | Chippenham | August 25, 2010 - 4:02 pm | |
| Murdo Macleod | Chippenham | August 25, 2010 - 4:02 pm | |
| Alexander Harrison | vale of Glamorgan | August 25, 2010 - 4:03 pm | |
| Graeme Harrison | Cardiff | August 25, 2010 - 4:04 pm | |
| Paul Sykes | Selby | August 25, 2010 - 4:56 pm | |
| Tracey Purslow | Egham | August 25, 2010 - 5:39 pm | |
| ruth merron | preston | August 25, 2010 - 8:37 pm | |
| Chris Davison | Market Deeping | August 25, 2010 - 8:58 pm | |
| lee crosse | fordingbridge | August 25, 2010 - 9:14 pm | |
| Sarah-Jayne Boulter | Dickleburgh, Diss | I feel this would be a good idea and it is important for the yougsters in the community and that they have somewhere safe for social interaction. | August 25, 2010 - 9:34 pm |
| lizcundy | Braintree | August 25, 2010 - 10:55 pm | |
| Richard Hills | Grantham | August 26, 2010 - 8:58 am | |
| Kevin Sellwood | Barnard Castle | Play Areas are a vital part of any community. A lack of imaginative play will lead to much more trouble in the medium and long term. A good play area is one of the best classrooms around. Children learn through risk, challenge, role play. They develop their motor skills, they burns calories, they build confidence. The list is endless. For what money is to be saved it could cost the country billions in he future. Save our Playgrounds (and children) | August 26, 2010 - 9:00 am |
| Sue Berridge | Welbourn | Children need somewhere safe to play. | August 26, 2010 - 10:07 am |
| Lee Thurston | York | August 26, 2010 - 10:18 am | |
| Judith Dennis | London | August 26, 2010 - 10:44 am | |
| Mrs Catherine Johnson | yo8 8es | August 26, 2010 - 11:02 am | |
| P D HUGHES LTD | stourbridge | we have been involved in the construction and development of childrens play areas of all aspects for the past 20 years including refurbishment, maintenance and repairs. spaces that are small or large still provide major roll in development of all childrens imagination roll play and physical fitnes. also in the early teens provide communial and social meeting places. in our opinion there is a need to provide more areas of play and social activities, not to take them away, we speak on behalf of thousands of satisfied children and parents. | August 26, 2010 - 11:46 am |
| G Barnes | Ormskirk | A short-sighted decision... time to reconsider. | August 26, 2010 - 12:13 pm |
| Rebecca Upright | Fyfield, Abingdon | There isn\'t a play area for the children within the 5 surrounding villages/parish. | August 26, 2010 - 12:58 pm |
| Jean Rhodes | Sheffield | I love taking my grandchildren to the park, although the one local to me is need of refurbishment. There are a lot of parks in the sheffield area which need renewing. Please allow the local authorities to keep this money and use it for its original purpose. | August 26, 2010 - 1:18 pm |
| Lynne Harbottle | Brixham | Playbuilder has been an amazing project:such a great way to bring children, young people, residents, professionals and community organisations together to improve the quality of play areas in their neighbourhoods - and to begin conversations about what else can be done to improve local communities.Focusing on playgrounds and involving everyone at an early stage has been a call to action, especially due to the tight timescales which were imposed.Having the resources to act on the results of consultation has been essential to its success. It will be incredibly disappointing to groups to be denied Playbuilder funding when they are almost ready to sign contracts and begin work. What a shame that the government does not seem to see Playbuilder as an essential part of their work and seems unwilling to fund projects that communities have worked together to design and are now looking forward to seeing completed.Playing outdoors with family and friends in a safe, stimulating environment is essential to the health and well-being of children and young people. It is a sign of a vibrant community - very much Big Society I would have thought. | August 26, 2010 - 1:31 pm |
| Lee Sawford | Desborough | August 26, 2010 - 2:19 pm | |
| Carl Ford | Rotherham | It is wrong some communitys should have to go without while others allready have a place for there children to play and hang out with friends | August 26, 2010 - 3:57 pm |
| Doug Belfield | Etwall | Playbuilder was only going to reach about 15% of the nations play areas. If this is cut there is little chance that the nations children will have decent facilities to play on. | August 26, 2010 - 4:13 pm |
| Jeff Williams | Liverpool | Please look carefully before removing money from playbuilder schemes not only from the children, who have a right to play, but also from all people and businesses involved in the play industry. | August 26, 2010 - 4:29 pm |
| Rebecca Moore | Newark | August 26, 2010 - 5:20 pm | |
| Ros Gallant | Market Harborough | The Boughton Pocket Park is a very good example of \'The Big Society\'. Withdrawl of Playbuilder funding is a huge blow and will act as a considerable deterrent to this and other community groups. | August 26, 2010 - 5:36 pm |
| Cllr Gary Matthews | Stoke Poges | As a village suffering from under investment, we were on the verge of putting in a fantastic new play area for our children. We were on the second draft of the plans when our funding was withdrawn due to the Government cuts. Are we to ruin our childrens lives because our Government and business leaders are so short sighted and greedy that all they care about is themselves ?? Please also lobby your local MP, I have... | August 26, 2010 - 5:50 pm |
| Garry White | Leicester | Removal of this funding will sure see the further decline of the play environment, and friendley child interaction. We need to be investing in the future of children and play. We have seen the benifits on a UK scale through our work on play areas around the UK. | August 26, 2010 - 6:09 pm |
| raymond parry | shrewsbury | the children are our future and we should be encouraging them to socialise and play together in the great outdoors by providing great play provisions away from all the computer games and television that seem to rule the way they are brought up | August 26, 2010 - 6:22 pm |
| Louise Curnin | Leyburn | We\'ve put so much hard work into the development and design as a community and the children\'s expectations were sky high and now they are dashed. Please boost them again by reinstating th funding | August 26, 2010 - 6:57 pm |
| vimal chauhan | le2 1qa | do not make cuts to childrems play areas. | August 26, 2010 - 7:01 pm |
| Anne Coghlan | Altrincham | Children need playgrounds to keep fit, active, to mix with other children ...and to keep out of mishief! | August 26, 2010 - 7:08 pm |
| Renna Christie | Croxley Green | Please continue to improve our playgrounds - we NEED them | August 26, 2010 - 7:22 pm |
| Sarah Cole | Hereford | if we cut short this opportunity to benefit our children in an already restricted society, we are letting the next generation down. happy children = happier society | August 26, 2010 - 7:23 pm |
| joanne smith | huddersfield | August 26, 2010 - 7:34 pm | |
| David Morris | Southampton | August 26, 2010 - 7:35 pm | |
| Matt Hall | Nottingham | August 26, 2010 - 7:41 pm | |
| Rebecca Collison | Ruddington | August 26, 2010 - 7:57 pm | |
| Dale Collison | Ruddington | August 26, 2010 - 7:58 pm | |
| Simon Tuckwell | Nottingham | The increased playgrounds and play equipment in the local area has been fantastic for the children and the local communities allowing children to play, socialise and express themselves in a safe and stimulating environment. It is helping to tackle all sorts of social and health issues faced by todays society and it would be to the detriment to the future of the Country if the funding isn\'t continued. | August 26, 2010 - 8:01 pm |
| Cliff Anderson | Keyworth | A backward step for all Communities. | August 26, 2010 - 8:39 pm |
| jamie matthew vickers | nottingham | August 26, 2010 - 8:40 pm | |
| Sallly baker | Barnsley | I feel my children deserve and need a safe place to play !! | August 26, 2010 - 9:10 pm |
| Deirdre Marculescu | Dagenham | Open air spaces with activities are the best ways to encourage children to go out and exercise and make their own social life from an early age! | August 26, 2010 - 9:58 pm |
| Dave Hemingway | Collyweston | After my wife working years trying to raise funds and actually getting funding for the play equipment, signing contracts and ordering equipment to get a letter saying DOE have put a hold on the scheme WOW . | August 26, 2010 - 9:59 pm |
| nikki richardson | wirral | August 26, 2010 - 10:34 pm | |
| david hallam | keyworth | August 26, 2010 - 11:10 pm | |
| Editorial | iP-D!P magazine | All children have a right to play and the Government needs to keep promises made to children. Even if the promises were made by the previous administration. | August 27, 2010 - 12:11 am |
| Phil Townend | Halifax | We have fairly recently had Playbuilder equipment out into our local park as part of a refurbishment project. It has been a great success, extremely popular with children and parents locally. It is a tragedy if the opportunity is withdrawn for other needy areas to have the same improvements. | August 27, 2010 - 6:31 am |
| Marvin Cutkelvin | Leicester | Let the kids PLAY | August 27, 2010 - 6:55 am |
| Sheila Bell | Daventry | We are becoming an obese soceity, we need to encourage our children to get out and play in a safe enviroment. Therefore the playbuilder funding has been essential in this area. | August 27, 2010 - 7:03 am |
| Philip VandenBerg | Reading | Children need to play by stopping play ares how can they learn about common hazards in life. | August 27, 2010 - 7:48 am |
| Leanne Smart | Luton | Please do not take away essential funding for our children\'s play area, too many cuts are being made for tha sake of this government trying to clean up this finacial mess that it got us into. Please find your cuts elseware and not in essential public needs such as Schools, NHS and public area improvement. | August 27, 2010 - 8:00 am |
| Andrew Stables | Northampton | Children Need Safe Places to Play | August 27, 2010 - 8:13 am |
| Judith Drury | Nottingham | August 27, 2010 - 8:20 am | |
| John Childs | Worcester Park | Children are the future ... | August 27, 2010 - 8:24 am |
| Matt Dring | Nottingham | August 27, 2010 - 8:42 am | |
| Claire Harker-Gill | Nottingham | August 27, 2010 - 8:53 am | |
| Sarbo Ram | West Bromwich | Please continue to support Playbuilder Funding | August 27, 2010 - 8:54 am |
| Giffords Recycling | West Bromwich | Continued support is required to fund Playbuilder funding - every support counts. Children need a safe play area | August 27, 2010 - 8:56 am |
| Charlotte Haynes | Willoughby on the Wolds | August 27, 2010 - 8:58 am | |
| Kate Cattera;; | Connahs Quay | August 27, 2010 - 9:10 am | |
| Lucy Edwards | Connahs Quay | August 27, 2010 - 9:10 am | |
| Neils Edwards | Connahs Quay | August 27, 2010 - 9:10 am | |
| Carol Davison | Rhyl | August 27, 2010 - 9:11 am | |
| Daniel Davison | Rhyl | August 27, 2010 - 9:11 am | |
| Tim Jenkinson | Nottingham | Please continue to support the playbuilder funding - children need somewhere safe to play and learn | August 27, 2010 - 9:23 am |
| Ricky Williams | Enfield | I am the Play manager in Enfield. We were lucky that we were able to complete our capital build programme as a pathfinder. Children and young people are going to suffer. I know that the playbuilder authorities have been working extremely hard, consulting communities and most importantly children and young people, now all that work will mean nothing, children and young people once again will feel let down. This must not happen. | August 27, 2010 - 9:24 am |
| Lorna Perrelet | Walton on Thames | August 27, 2010 - 9:25 am | |
| James Lancaster | Rotherham | Please keep the funding for our children, they need to enjoy their childhood not be bored and have nothing to do! | August 27, 2010 - 9:27 am |
| Elaine Lancaster | Rotherham | August 27, 2010 - 9:27 am | |
| Mick Bugdol | Rotherham | August 27, 2010 - 9:28 am | |
| Gwen Bugdol | Rotherham | August 27, 2010 - 9:28 am | |
| Joanne Russell | Rotherham | August 27, 2010 - 9:28 am | |
| Russell Johnson | Rotherham | August 27, 2010 - 9:29 am | |
| Joanne Wood | Rotherham | August 27, 2010 - 9:29 am | |
| Russell Wood | Rotherham | August 27, 2010 - 9:30 am | |
| Bev Johnson | Rotherham | August 27, 2010 - 9:30 am | |
| David Wheway | Market Harborough | August 27, 2010 - 9:34 am | |
| Hannah Foody | Nottingham | keep building playgrounds for the health of our future................please | August 27, 2010 - 9:37 am |
| jamesvnorton@hotmail.com | Ruddington. Nottingham | The goverment are deafeating the objective of getting Parishes to take on extra responsibilities by withdrawing valuable funding to these communities who badly need these facilities to combat anti social behaviour and vandalism. | August 27, 2010 - 9:38 am |
| Councillor James V Norton | Ruddington Nottingham | Do not defeat your objectives of getting Parish Councils to take on extra responsibilities. These councils badly need these facilities to combat anti social behaviou and vandalism. | August 27, 2010 - 9:40 am |
| Angela Ward | Alton | Didn\'t they say children have the right to play!!! | August 27, 2010 - 9:40 am |
| Gareth William Piers Dutson-Steinfeld | Chester | August 27, 2010 - 9:44 am | |
| Katie Scott | Chester | August 27, 2010 - 9:44 am | |
| Julie Nickson | Skelmersdale | August 27, 2010 - 9:46 am | |
| karen elsmore | torquay | August 27, 2010 - 9:51 am | |
| Georgia Neil | Burscough | i think that it is an outrage.... to even think of cutting the funding is shameful there is just no need. | August 27, 2010 - 9:51 am |
| NINA METCALFE | LINCOLN | August 27, 2010 - 9:52 am | |
| Peter Denby | Lincoln | Playgrounds are vital to our childrens future and developement | August 27, 2010 - 9:53 am |
| GARRY HILL | LINCOLN | August 27, 2010 - 9:53 am | |
| Robert Nickson | Skelmersdale | August 27, 2010 - 9:55 am | |
| Andy Perkins | Nottingham | This is a vital link in the community for both parents and children. Please re-concider. | August 27, 2010 - 10:05 am |
| Karen Woolgar | Bognor Regis | Playbuilder funding is important for communities and for the families of those involved with the playground industry. | August 27, 2010 - 10:06 am |
| Paula Baker | Willoughby on the Wolds, Leics | August 27, 2010 - 10:20 am | |
| KELLY PEET | SHEPSHED | August 27, 2010 - 10:21 am | |
| Louise Smart | Woodville | August 27, 2010 - 10:21 am | |
| Caroline Morgan | Birmingham | August 27, 2010 - 10:22 am | |
| Lisa-marie feerick | whetstone, leicester | August 27, 2010 - 10:22 am | |
| Helen McAdam | Leicester | August 27, 2010 - 10:23 am | |
| Andrea Burge | Corringham ESSEX | children need to be allowed to play in a safe area and Please continue to support phase three playbuilder funding. But the yobs need to back off the play area\'s so the children can always have that area to play it is the yobs that spoil it for them as they burn thing down or do their drugs but they got to thing about it has they grow up and have a family they will want to use them but how can they if they keep doing this so stop them and then we will have PLAY AREA\'S for the CHILDEN | August 27, 2010 - 10:23 am |
| Nisha Preddy | Leicester | August 27, 2010 - 10:30 am | |
| Lucy Halford | Loughborough | August 27, 2010 - 10:32 am | |
| CHARLOTTE CLARKE | LEICESTER | August 27, 2010 - 10:35 am | |
| Rebecca Ford | Leicestershire | August 27, 2010 - 10:39 am | |
| Leanne Unwin | Leicester | August 27, 2010 - 10:44 am | |
| Joanna Young | Loughborough, Leicestershire | Chrildren need a safe environment to play... | August 27, 2010 - 10:46 am |
| Joanne Kilner | Glossop | Keep kids off the streets, they need a nice area to play in | August 27, 2010 - 11:03 am |
| christopher toon | shepshed | August 27, 2010 - 11:06 am | |
| Elizabeth Harris | Nottingham | there is a huge issue with obese children, we need to get them out playing instead of sat infront of the TV. Playgrounds are hugely important to the bigger health and social picture. I think to reduce the funding and play areas would be a mistake and we will reap the outcome of this with the fat children, becoming fat adults with multiple health needs. | August 27, 2010 - 11:24 am |
| Roger F Crosse | Leicester | This is vital for our kids!! | August 27, 2010 - 11:26 am |
| Emma Hickling | Leicester | Playgrounds are key for childrens happiness and development | August 27, 2010 - 11:29 am |
| Duncan Breckenridge | Loughborough, Leicestershire | There is a need to keep children off the streets and in a clean, safe environment. | August 27, 2010 - 11:29 am |
| G eorgina Peacock | Lancaster | After many years of waiting we were due to start work on replacing our very old village play area last month,now the whole project is in jeopardy, and the children are upset. I think the governmet should honour the play bulider funding, not a lot of money compared to what the bankers cost and are costing us! | August 27, 2010 - 11:31 am |
| Theresa Booker | Melton Mowbray | August 27, 2010 - 11:31 am | |
| Sharon Randall | Coalville | August 27, 2010 - 11:31 am | |
| Samantha Jarram | Shepshed | August 27, 2010 - 11:31 am | |
| Ged Newman | York | August 27, 2010 - 11:35 am | |
| Colin Wadsworth | Swadlincote | We need to bring the respect and better social behaviour back into this world which starts in the playground! | August 27, 2010 - 11:37 am |
| Sandra Ramp | Coalville, Leics | August 27, 2010 - 11:41 am | |
| Vicki Buckley | Buckley | August 27, 2010 - 11:54 am | |
| Louise Wilcox | Huntingdon | August 27, 2010 - 12:06 pm | |
| Simon Harris | Willoughby on the Wolds | August 27, 2010 - 12:15 pm | |
| Simon Harris | Willoughby on the Wolds | August 27, 2010 - 12:22 pm | |
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| Simon Harris | Willoughby on the Wolds | August 27, 2010 - 12:23 pm | |
| Jon Abbey | Nottingham | It makes a big difference! | August 27, 2010 - 12:33 pm |
| madeline maclean | aberdeen | August 27, 2010 - 12:36 pm | |
| martin hayhurst | knutsford | August 27, 2010 - 12:52 pm | |
| Sarah Stokes | St Neots | August 27, 2010 - 1:03 pm | |
| Ragnhild Steinshamn | Manchester | Next to my daughters school there is what used to be a playground. I say used - as it is so bad, boring, run down and generally in a bad state that it is a great shame! It is called Chapel Street Park in Manchester. This park was in the plans for development and money from Playbuilder I have been told. We was so looking forward to this... please let us, and the other parks in England, get their money. Children are not responsible for the current economic situation - this is the time to take Playwork Principles to heart and be advocate for children\'s play. | August 27, 2010 - 1:19 pm |
| Jonathan Higman | Farnsfield | Playgrounds are a force of good for all! | August 27, 2010 - 1:30 pm |
| Geoff Baker | Putney | Phase 3 is critical - children need playgrounds!! | August 27, 2010 - 1:54 pm |
| Edward Brookes | Leicestershire | August 27, 2010 - 2:40 pm | |
| Peter Warner | Melton Mowbray | August 27, 2010 - 2:40 pm | |
| Steve Newland | Knaphill | It is so important to keep supporting the playbuilder scheme as it offers a real chance for many play areas to be built or upgraded many off which are well over due & which otherwise would never happen, the scheme has also brought many communities together in order to have these areas built, at the end of the day all children of every ability should be able to play! | August 27, 2010 - 3:06 pm |
| Jemrose Walker | Nottingham | August 27, 2010 - 3:21 pm | |
| Charles Mant | Bath | August 27, 2010 - 3:23 pm | |
| David Dickerson | Nottingham | August 27, 2010 - 4:39 pm | |
| Richard Page | Nottingham | August 27, 2010 - 4:52 pm | |
| Ray Amos | Chadwell Heath, Essex | Play Areas are vital to a childs mental and physical development, especially with the restrictions imposed on them by the congested and dangerous roads these days. | August 27, 2010 - 5:50 pm |
| thomas atkinson | coalville | the council say theres yobs going round the street at night y dont they have playgrounds for the older kids so there not on the streets and there some were safe | August 27, 2010 - 6:29 pm |
| Kerrie Leanne Foy | Ipswich | I think they should stop threating the playgrounds because it\'s where a kid can have fun and it is very healthy and it helps to exercise and it\'s not fair on the little ones playing because if you keep threating the playgrounds there will be no place for any little ones to play | August 27, 2010 - 6:46 pm |
| Simon Mitchell | Louth | August 27, 2010 - 7:15 pm | |
| paul wilson | pontefract | as father of 4 children and working for a playground manufacturer iam realising how vital these playgrounds are too are children and gives them somewhere other than street corners too hang around on. | August 27, 2010 - 7:51 pm |
| steve phillips | nottngham | August 27, 2010 - 8:04 pm | |
| Jill Gladstone | Lanchester, Durham | Please protect this funding | August 27, 2010 - 9:35 pm |
| Julie Barke | Raunds | Whilst supporting sensible cuts in funding, projects that have started must be allowed to finish. | August 27, 2010 - 9:49 pm |
| Ed Paynter | Halifax | August 28, 2010 - 8:11 am | |
| john mc grath | stapleford | why did we vote for them | August 28, 2010 - 8:38 am |
| Ronnie Harrop | Ossett | streets/playground/streets/playgound..... yup..PLAYGROUND!!! | August 28, 2010 - 10:13 am |
| Jean Harrop | Ossett | PLEASE!!! | August 28, 2010 - 10:16 am |
| Toni Cook | Liverpool | Our local playground has recently been improved with the addition of a sand pit and new climbing frame and it has made a huge difference to the children and parents. These areas are vital for both urban and rural places, getting children involved in the community from an early age and providing free fun for those without much money for entertaining the kids. | August 28, 2010 - 11:33 am |
| lisa munro | boughton | August 28, 2010 - 11:47 am | |
| gavin munro | boughton | August 28, 2010 - 11:47 am | |
| howard banister | boughton | August 28, 2010 - 11:47 am | |
| margaret banister | boughton | August 28, 2010 - 11:47 am | |
| Pat Austin | Innsworth, Gloucester | (Phase 2)myself and a small committee have spent many hours with playbuilders,children, and our Building contractor and we were just about to sign contracts to start on the 1st August and the Playbuilding funds were withdrawn, There are very many children within Innsworth who are very sad and upset by the withdrawal of the funds. Please RECONSIDER and let the children have some fun with the new concept of the Playbuilder funding and equipment that was available it would have been fantastic for everyone. | August 28, 2010 - 12:44 pm |
| Janet Thompson | Innsworth Gloucester | PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR ACTIONS | August 28, 2010 - 12:46 pm |
| Margaret Smith | Innsworth, Gloucester | This would have been great for the children | August 28, 2010 - 12:47 pm |
| Tina Lewis | Innsworth Gloucester | They talk about our children being obese and we try to help and the funding it then cut. What do they want us to do? | August 28, 2010 - 12:48 pm |
| Paul Whitford | Liversedge | Please support | August 28, 2010 - 1:51 pm |
| Grahame Harrop | Horbury | These playground aren\'t just a place for the kids, they are a place for the whole family, where families meet families.............. the funding HAS to continue!!! | August 28, 2010 - 1:54 pm |
| christian scott taylor | ossett | August 28, 2010 - 1:57 pm | |
| Jacqueline Marie Evans | Wakefield | August 28, 2010 - 2:19 pm | |
| Amelia Kate Evans | Wakefield | August 28, 2010 - 2:20 pm | |
| Louis James Evans | Wakefield | August 28, 2010 - 2:21 pm | |
| russell peace | ossett | August 28, 2010 - 2:56 pm | |
| Julie Mabbutt | Northampton | August 28, 2010 - 3:13 pm | |
| Jo hubert | Wakefield | August 28, 2010 - 3:45 pm | |
| susan lumb | ossett | Children need somewhere to play and learn in a fun and safe enviorment. | August 28, 2010 - 4:21 pm |
| Mr. Kevin Berry | Derby | Please continue the support for the playground | August 28, 2010 - 4:21 pm |
| Nathan Watts | Wakefield | August 28, 2010 - 5:16 pm | |
| Martin Harris | Kettering | August 28, 2010 - 5:16 pm | |
| Michele | Noble (Harrop) | Keep the fund alive! | August 28, 2010 - 5:21 pm |
| Lucy Cullen | Street | August 28, 2010 - 7:52 pm | |
| Victoria Lawes | Sea Palling, Norfolk | August 28, 2010 - 7:55 pm | |
| Mark Woodward | Bury, Lancashire | Removing the funding for playgrounds is a short sighted response to the current situation. It will end up costing the country many times more than it will save in the long run as we try to deal with the results of bored children in the community. The worst part of this it will impact most on those children who need it most and lack the opportunities to play in open spaces or be taken to parks by their parents. | August 28, 2010 - 8:24 pm |
| janet peace | horbury | August 28, 2010 - 8:39 pm | |
| janet peace | horbury | August 28, 2010 - 8:42 pm | |
| Steph Lawn | Kingston | Children need more space to play, not have it taken away. Stimulating play is stimulating minds | August 28, 2010 - 9:10 pm |
| Angie Beacom | Portsmouth | August 28, 2010 - 9:59 pm | |
| ellie appleton | ossett | August 28, 2010 - 10:43 pm | |
| Alix Hoyle | Ossett, Wakefield | August 28, 2010 - 10:44 pm | |
| Emma callacher | Wakefield | August 28, 2010 - 10:50 pm | |
| Audrey Swaine | Horbury | come on, we need these areas | August 28, 2010 - 11:30 pm |
| Jeni french | Leeds | August 28, 2010 - 11:40 pm | |
| Mark Harrop | Wakefield | August 29, 2010 - 1:37 am | |
| Stephen Gibson | Tavistock | August 29, 2010 - 5:16 am | |
| Ilona Szasz | Brighton | August 29, 2010 - 8:36 am | |
| Sandy Goddard | Bromley | Play is essential to our childrens\' well being: it enhances their creativity and unlocks huge social and physical potential. This is one of the many tragedies of this coalition government. | August 29, 2010 - 8:49 am |
| stuart patterson | newcastle | anything to keep the kids away from computer games and get them out in the fresh air! | August 29, 2010 - 11:50 am |
| paul batson | tow law | We need playgrounds for the local and social elements in our community , to help develope children and keep children entertained | August 29, 2010 - 1:43 pm |
| Kathryn Betts | Norwich | August 29, 2010 - 3:02 pm | |
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| Cllr Bill Whelan | Innsworth | The Children and young people were looking forward to this area being refubished,if this playbuilder funding is withdrawn it is short sighted as other funding was secured by this funding which as put that at risk. the project was over a 100k with some 40k coming from playbuilder fund. this was truly a value for money project for all concerned. | August 29, 2010 - 3:27 pm |
| Dorothy Groves | Bexley | All children have a need to be able to have playgrounds in which to develop physical and social skills. Is this not another way for them to take excercise in an enjoyable environment. There are other ways in which the government could save money, children are the future leaders and we cannot scrimp on their futures. | August 29, 2010 - 6:45 pm |
| Trish Whitby | Tring | August 29, 2010 - 7:05 pm | |
| ian graham | Nottingham | the program is clearly fundamental to the good start for our youth.. don\'t mortgage their well being for a short term statement..!!! | August 29, 2010 - 8:25 pm |
| Robert William Dobson | Caversham, Reading | August 29, 2010 - 10:21 pm | |
| Russ Maltby | Nottingham | August 30, 2010 - 8:42 am | |
| David Watkins | Blackwood | August 30, 2010 - 10:04 am | |
| philip richardson | newcastle | i think it is absolutley socking how the cut for the playgrounds are being made but you dont see any cuts for pubs shops do you?! kids need entertainment as do adults soo you have your pubs clubs and kids have there play parks and if cuts are made there will be more gangs made and crime will rise! we dont want crime to rise and we dont want play park funds to be cut! PHILIP RICHARDSON | August 30, 2010 - 11:25 am |
| Diana Hale | Grays | As the portfolio holder for education I value play as an element in learning. We also successfully bid in Nutberry Fields and got a wonderful facility. Thankfully it was up and running before the chop. | August 30, 2010 - 1:17 pm |
| Sian Mitchell | Bagworth | August 30, 2010 - 3:38 pm | |
| Adam Holdstock | Wilstead,Bedfordshire | I am a 13 year old boy i live in Wilstead and I think that it needs a skate park to keep all us teenagers and kids occupied Im very into skateboarding and there is knowhere to go please can you help! | August 30, 2010 - 7:10 pm |
| David Byrne | manchester | what will children do if they can´t play outside. You know the answer. Stop this nonsense. | August 30, 2010 - 7:42 pm |
| Tom Bardon | Wakefield | Cancelling the playbuilder funding shows this governments absolute lack of long term vision...want to ensure long term sustainability?play opportunities show masses of evidence in the reduction of health problems and therein spending. This doesn\'t even take the educational and social benefits into account...and the potential savings. WAKE UP UK. | August 30, 2010 - 7:49 pm |
| Steve Andrews | Leicester | August 31, 2010 - 8:17 am | |
| Phil Slater | Coalville, Leics. | Help us to keep today\'s children - tomorrow\'s future - off the streets and out of the hospitals due to obesity and lack of exercise! | August 31, 2010 - 8:28 am |
| Lisa Watson | Ellistown | Parks are needed to get kids out in the fresh air and exercising | August 31, 2010 - 8:28 am |
| Samantha Brighton | Gainsborough | August 31, 2010 - 8:45 am | |
| Leigh Shipperbottom | Gainsborough | August 31, 2010 - 8:45 am | |
| Adam Dickerson | Nottingham | We have lost funding for a local park which is in desperate need of repair | August 31, 2010 - 9:45 am |
| Andrew Yates | Guildford | Please continue this important funding. It provides significant benifits to Childrens Health and Community Cohesion of families. | August 31, 2010 - 9:48 am |
| Christopher Cook | Southwark | The Playbuildr programme is a chance for this country to provide play and learning experiences in areas deficient in these activities. without it, communities will suffer | August 31, 2010 - 10:14 am |
| Mary Jarvis | Melksham | Please do not axe funds for playgrounds. They are essential to help healthy development in children and act as a social meeting place for mums as well, especially those who do not go out to work and have little day to day contact with other people. Please think again. | August 31, 2010 - 10:30 am |
| Dave Poulton | Rushmoor, Hampshire | August 31, 2010 - 11:39 am | |
| Wayne Harker-Gill | Nottingham | My children have a new park near us. It is the best thing ever, they us it at least twice a week. There are always other children and mums their. Its great for kids interacting and keeping fit outdoors and the mums get to socialise! love it! | August 31, 2010 - 11:49 am |
| zana Dean | london | August 31, 2010 - 11:51 am | |
| lisa Palmer | August 31, 2010 - 11:56 am | ||
| lisa Palmer | essex | August 31, 2010 - 11:56 am | |
| Rebecca Dawn Eddy | Penzance | Play is a fundamental right for all children - please complete this important investment | August 31, 2010 - 12:13 pm |
| Ashley | Rogers | August 31, 2010 - 12:17 pm | |
| Russ Merrick | Worcester | August 31, 2010 - 12:17 pm | |
| Dawn Allison | Loughborough | August 31, 2010 - 12:37 pm | |
| Caroline Dickinson | Lincoln | August 31, 2010 - 1:51 pm | |
| Louise Blockley | Leicester | ALL Children need playgrounds, its a big part of their development not just their health it also helps them build all sorts of skills. | August 31, 2010 - 1:56 pm |
| David Wells | LIncoln | Give the kids something to do to keep them fitter and they will come | August 31, 2010 - 3:38 pm |
| Rob Heard | Redditch | This is this Governments opportunity to show how great a priority childrens play is ....the valuable efforts already undertaken by community stakeholders and suppliers in preparing for implementation of the third year of Playbuilder schemes should not be wasted...we owe it to our children to continue to provide these play facilities to support their development and help them positively contribute to society. | August 31, 2010 - 3:46 pm |
| Jenny Haynes | Llanfair Caereinion, Powys | Play is so important, not just to children but to all ages. We need spaces to play and enjoy the outdoors and the benefits are too great to measure! | August 31, 2010 - 4:01 pm |
| ROSALYN PARR | WALKER/NEWCASTLE | MY COMMUNITY FOUGHT FOR 10 YEARS TO PHASE ONE OF OUR PARK AREA AND THE REST STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE SO IM 100% FOR THIS | August 31, 2010 - 4:27 pm |
| Catherine Stevens | Southampton | Play Areas are essential for children\'s health and building communities. After five years of campaigning we would have had ours in June 2011. It is utterly disappointing to get so close and then lose out. | August 31, 2010 - 5:07 pm |
| Garry Hall | Stoford | We are already holding a whole generation captive in order to protect them from the perceved danger offered by a few deviants. Children need to be allowed to be children, to play, to run around, to explore and take controlled risks. It was how we all learnt. | August 31, 2010 - 6:04 pm |
| Maria Helena Dawson | Southampton | A group of mums has been campaigning for a play area in a local park, after lots of meeting and consultations we were very pleased that finally the children were going to have a play area withing walking distance. Please save the scheme, give the children the play areas they need, the parks will be more used and everyone will learn to share the resources available. Children learn by playing, and finding out and they learn and build on their experiences. | August 31, 2010 - 9:20 pm |
| Andy Brettle | Thornton & Bagworth | Dont scrap this valuable source of funding | August 31, 2010 - 10:40 pm |
| Katherine Hey | Hereford | Our action group has worked really hard to improve our local park. Withdrawing the funding seems to go against everything the governmnet has said about building the \'Big Community\'. | August 31, 2010 - 10:49 pm |
| Chris Woolley | Wakefield | August 31, 2010 - 11:11 pm | |
| Smadar Samson | London | August 31, 2010 - 11:16 pm | |
| Jinty Perkins | Melton Mowbray | September 1, 2010 - 8:09 am | |
| Mandy Holland | Longstowe | September 1, 2010 - 8:16 am | |
| Emma Hallam | Nottingham | September 1, 2010 - 9:11 am | |
| Sue Wilton | Northampton | September 1, 2010 - 9:43 am | |
| Denise Bott | Northampton | September 1, 2010 - 9:44 am | |
| Peter Harrod | Wokingham | The demand for affordable housing is eating into our existing open spaces and childhood obesity is on the rise, so why send these negative signals out? Play funding cuts gain limited sympathy with the general population over wholesale government cutbacks, but whilst it is difficult to predict the long term health implications, why take this short term view for a long term issue? | September 1, 2010 - 10:10 am |
| Russell James Dickerson | Colwick | In an age of childhood obesity and unruliness, I find it ridiculous that the government would be looking to cut spending on the very activities that encourage childhood to exercise and play in a responsible manner | September 1, 2010 - 10:54 am |
| Daniel Raven-Ellison / LoveOutdoorPlay.net | London | Play is essential for the physical and mental wellbeing of individuals and their communities. Playbuilder funding is crucial for securing some of the few places where children are allowed to play outdoors, develop skills and vitally... have fun. As Cathrine says.. \"children need playgrounds\". | September 1, 2010 - 11:25 am |
| Cr Graham Stokes | Knottingley | The Governments decision is affecting the ward I represent, Play Areas will be lost | September 1, 2010 - 11:27 am |
| Stephen Morris | Stroud | The Playbuilder funding is vital for the continued provision of play facilities to children. This provision is an investment for their health, social skills, and the stability and growth of communities. | September 1, 2010 - 11:46 am |
| Agnes Cioffi | Plymouth | I think it is disgraceful that money promised to communities can be clawed back....plus it will destroy faith in politics. Also, what about childrens rights to play! They already have their childhood being taken away from them as it is...this political system has a lot to answer for in terms of our future generations, dont contribute to it further. | September 1, 2010 - 12:04 pm |
| Joanne Brown | Bagworth | Bagworth young people have been actively involved in the Bagworth Playbuilder bid, creating a portfolio of possible designs and consulting within their village on preferred options. Their ex-mining village has doubled in size with new-build but no extra facilities have been provided for 8 to 13 year olds including the large gypsy/traveller population who live in the village. Cutting funding at this stage in the process will discourage the next generation of community volunteers and do nothing for the community cohesion which residents have been trying so hard to promote with the assistance of a Neighbourhood Action team. Is there a government representative brave enough to come and explain to our children and young people why they apparently \"Don\'t Matter\" any more? | September 1, 2010 - 12:23 pm |
| Phil brown | Plymouth | we must find funding for more play grounds in Plymouth,as chair person of T.G.R.A we have proved that having a good play ground in our area it has stop A.B.O in our community and the children look after there park now. | September 1, 2010 - 1:25 pm |
| Linda Folwell | Ganton, Scarborough | September 1, 2010 - 3:01 pm | |
| Tony Rimmer | Chorley, Lancashire | September 1, 2010 - 3:01 pm | |
| David Hughes | New Mills, High Peak | September 1, 2010 - 3:02 pm | |
| Helen Dickens | New Mills, High Peak | September 1, 2010 - 3:02 pm | |
| Hannah Dickens | Ossett, Wakefield | September 1, 2010 - 3:02 pm | |
| Leon Ballin | Sheffield | In a world where children are increasingly isolated, cosseted and obese - cancelling playbuilder is just storing up problems and costs (to the NHS) for the future | September 1, 2010 - 3:54 pm |
| Chris Reynolds | Ripley, Derbyshire | Our children love the play areas and we need more of them especially with the obesity problem that is hitting our counntry there is only one place to start – with the children – more play area and these larger play parks | September 1, 2010 - 5:22 pm |
| sharon dolby | nottingham | where do you expect kids to play if they dont have some where constructive.? visit one of these play areas and see the kids enjoy them then decise if you should cut the funding .... they are our future....invest in them | September 1, 2010 - 6:01 pm |
| Rebecca Horne | Widmerpool | With children becoing more and more sedate and obese the one thing we need to do is to keep investing in playgrounds to encourage them to keep moving! | September 1, 2010 - 7:06 pm |
| Sharon Plews | Norton, Stockton-on-Tees | What are children to do????? parks that have been decimated and removed piece by piece over the years are left empty, apart from rubbish, weeds and dog muck. The community get together to try and rebuild this great hub of the community, approach the point of seeing something happen to have it snatched back by the government. I suppose the kids will have to keep on playing in the streets, continually getting stopped by PCSOs and police who hand out bits of paper telling them they shouldnt be there, where should they be????? | September 1, 2010 - 7:40 pm |
| Catherine Bruce | Bishopthorpe, York | The play area in our village was funded, in part, by Playbilder funding. It is a joy to see children playing outside and enjoying the facilities. We have seen many excellent examples of intergenerational play and lots of \'taking it in turns\'. We would love to see children in other areas experience \'the right\' to play. | September 1, 2010 - 9:31 pm |
| Shane Finnerty | Horbury | September 1, 2010 - 10:46 pm | |
| Alex Pidgeon | September 1, 2010 - 11:11 pm | ||
| Ian Campbell | Ossett | September 1, 2010 - 11:23 pm | |
| fiona mitchell | sheffield | a signature to support the proposed improvements to chapeltown park | September 1, 2010 - 11:38 pm |
| Jeremy Dymond | Bath | September 2, 2010 - 12:22 pm | |
| Sally Aungier | Crays Hill, Billericay | Children need to be allowed to play in a safe area. Also such a lot of media attention is on child laziness and overweight youngsters but the intention is to cut funding for play areas - sounds like double standards to me........ | September 2, 2010 - 1:15 pm |
| Moira Cave | Leicester | We must keep safe and up to date play areas for our future generations. | September 2, 2010 - 2:26 pm |
| Jenny Oram | Wye, Kent | Wye with Hinxhill Parish Council had just completed the design and consultation stage of its Playbuilder project when it heard that funding is likely to be cut. The Playbuilder project is the first ever recreational project in the village for 8-13 year olds and a lot of time has been invested in it. Why should children be the losers when adults mess up the country\'s finances? | September 2, 2010 - 2:41 pm |
| Davoud Amel-Azizpour | Kingston Upon Thames | September 2, 2010 - 5:17 pm | |
| Kevin Twyford | London Borough of Newham | Playbuilder has been instrumental in improving opportunities for children, this investment in our future must continue! | September 2, 2010 - 7:02 pm |
| kimberley dixon | ovingham | September 2, 2010 - 8:57 pm | |
| jade stephenson | prudhoe | September 2, 2010 - 9:03 pm | |
| Caroline Yates | Cobham, Surey | September 2, 2010 - 9:05 pm | |
| Emma Parfitt | Bristol | September 3, 2010 - 8:52 am | |
| SARA HUGHES | WAKEFIELD | NEED THE PLAY AREAS FOR THE KIDS | September 3, 2010 - 1:10 pm |
| fiona o\'reilly | birmingham | This will disadvantaged children, I am happy for my taxes to go towards playgrounds for children particualrly in deprived areas | September 3, 2010 - 2:53 pm |
| Anne Marie Purvis | Bredon | September 3, 2010 - 9:02 pm | |
| Katherine Musgrove | Collyweston | This is so important! We are constantly told our children are becoming obese and that they are always on computer games; and so when finally a community come together, with the children becoming excited about outdoor activity..the funding stops... and then I read in our local paper that a group of coucillors had a trip to Germany to visit our \"twin town\"...hmm who paid for that then .... and who really cares about being twinned with a town in another country....it does nothing for our children..... | September 4, 2010 - 2:57 pm |
| veronika ginova toumi | portsmouth | September 4, 2010 - 3:13 pm | |
| Please continue to support phase three playbuilder funding. | September 4, 2010 - 3:17 pm | ||
| abdel halim herizi | portsmouth | Please continue to support phase three playbuilder funding.Our children needs playgrounds,thank you | September 4, 2010 - 3:18 pm |
| james crawford | stevenston | our youth is our future with this there is no future. | September 4, 2010 - 3:40 pm |
| rose williams | LONDON | Children need safe playgrounds | September 4, 2010 - 5:54 pm |
| Susie Bidgood | Britwell Salome | Please do not cut such important resources such as Playdale which have such a positive benefit for our children - including improving access to physical activity,increasing sociability,team working and reducing isolation. Many important servics for children such as Healthy School progammes and Healthy Walks to School are being cut by Local Authorities, yet we face increased obesityin young people and children being increasingly disengaged from society. Oportunities for children to lead Healthy Lives are being increasingly diminished. Playbuilder is a vital resource for children - we cannot afford to reduce it without serious long term consequences | September 4, 2010 - 6:37 pm |
| Carlton Reeve | Sheffield | Safe play outside is crucial to a child\'s development, please don\'t stop the playground building scheme. | September 4, 2010 - 8:45 pm |
| hayley todd | liverpool | the children of england not just my home city of liverpool NEED these areas, do the right thing you know it makes sense. | September 4, 2010 - 9:13 pm |
| Kay M Andrews | Leeds | As the secretary of The Friends of Temple Newsam Park, our organisation represents many local families in the Temple Newsam Area of Leeds, and we have supported the development of a new play area in Temple Newsam for several years. We are very keen to see the project go ahead; we have already had a grant from the Arts Council for a sculpture for the playground, which is now ready. It is vital that such an important facility is available for the use of both local children and visitors, especially disabled children, for whom much of the equipment is being built. Please consider this important project before withdrawing funding. | September 4, 2010 - 10:04 pm |
| Anita Beeby | Leicestershire | Please do not take away the funding! | September 5, 2010 - 11:13 am |
| David Palmer | Castle Kennedy, Stranraer DG9 8RY | I have no clever advice to offer but what else would you expect from a Tory led coalition! Shame on them! | September 5, 2010 - 5:09 pm |
| Ann Goddad | Elstree Herts | We need more play areas for our growing numbers of small children. Already there is a shortage of Primary School places. Don\'t let us have a lack of playgrounds too to offset cramped living conditions and traffic dangers on the roads. | September 5, 2010 - 5:45 pm |
| Josie Cooper | Bradford | September 5, 2010 - 6:10 pm | |
| Hazel Cooper | Bradford | September 5, 2010 - 6:11 pm | |
| Charles Cooper | Bradford | September 5, 2010 - 6:11 pm | |
| Julie Cooper | Bradford | September 5, 2010 - 6:11 pm | |
| Madeleine Akroyd | Chesterfield | September 5, 2010 - 6:11 pm | |
| Ashlie Slator | Bradford | September 5, 2010 - 6:11 pm | |
| Amy Kirk | Bradford | September 5, 2010 - 6:11 pm | |
| Doris Rosmann-Begg | Tring | a great idea as long as it goes ahead | September 5, 2010 - 9:47 pm |
| Marc Begg | Tring | September 5, 2010 - 9:47 pm | |
| Jonathan Hext | Coniston | September 5, 2010 - 10:20 pm | |
| Charlotte peck | Northampton | September 5, 2010 - 11:23 pm | |
| Dominic chilvers | Northampton | I love playgrounds | September 5, 2010 - 11:24 pm |
| Chris Page | Nottingham | Children\'s playgrounds are a great community asset providing invaluable help to the development of children. They encourage children to be active, to learn their social skills and to have fun. | September 5, 2010 - 11:41 pm |
| jenny collins | sheriffhales | Living in a rural location with virtually no public transport, only on the odd day, at the odd time, we are unable to access other play facitilities in other villages and towns. The school play area is only for school children during school open times. We desparately need a play facility for all age groups from very young to youth age children. It is a child\'s right to play. | September 6, 2010 - 9:14 am |
| Sarah Slade | Tring | please support the new playground in Tring | September 6, 2010 - 9:43 am |
| Stephen Woodd | Northleach | Invest in happy, healthy childhoods for a better future. | September 6, 2010 - 10:01 am |
| Gareth Pottle | Marsworth | Let our children play! | September 6, 2010 - 10:45 am |
| Sharon Saywell | Tring | Without this type of funding, it is difficult to upgrade existing facilities or put in new ones. Playgrounds are a great way of encouraging children from a young age to get outside and be active -a great habit to get them into which hopefully will stick with them through to adulthood. Investing in playgrounds now is investing in a healthier future. | September 6, 2010 - 10:59 am |
| louise sparywatson | birmingham | Childern learn through play, the outdoor learning enviroment is paramount to learning opportunitites, family recreation and health and well being for all. | September 6, 2010 - 11:07 am |
| Nathan Nicholson | Penzance | September 6, 2010 - 12:12 pm | |
| Bonny Sullivan | Benenden | Communities must not loose this valuable funding. The health concern of our young children is constantly in the press, we need good, safe facilities to allow children to play, burn off calories and energy. Do not take this vital source of funding away | September 6, 2010 - 3:36 pm |
| Bonny Sullivan | Benenden | Communities must not loose this valuable funding. The health concern of our young children is constantly in the press, we need good, safe facilities to allow children to play, burn off calories and energy. Do not take this vital source of funding away | September 6, 2010 - 3:37 pm |
| Rich Cooper | Keyworth Nottingham | September 6, 2010 - 5:27 pm | |
| Tamzin Green | Tring | Tring is in dire need of a playground - please make this dream a reality | September 6, 2010 - 9:33 pm |
| Rosalind Miller | Bedfordshire | We need active children who can play and make friends at playgrounds and who will become active and sociable adults | September 6, 2010 - 10:45 pm |
| Shelley Taylor | Tring | Children need to get outside and not sit on thier bums on a computer game! come on and help us get them in the great outdoors!! | September 6, 2010 - 10:57 pm |
| lee moss | audley stoke on trent | i like to say iv work 7 yrs to get play equimpenton our projected, and u let us celibrate and tell people we got a grant, how are we serpose to raise money now people dnt trust us they think were lyin to them. this cud tackle asbos it will give the kids sumet to do | September 6, 2010 - 11:21 pm |
| Julie Smith | Normanton | Improving community spaces, reducing childhood obesity,promoting family time together are just some of the positives. All of the time and effort which has been spent in the planning and development of the play spaces has raised the expectations of many communities. | September 7, 2010 - 9:26 am |
| Emma Ellis | Grantham | September 7, 2010 - 9:51 am | |
| Debra Bate | Wheaton Aston | Please don\'t cancel funding to those groups who have signed contracts. So many volunteers have put hours of time into preparing bids. To cancel them when funding agreements and contracts with suppliers have been signed is very unfair. | September 7, 2010 - 10:54 am |
| Charlotte Malik | Nottingham | Through a local charity I am involved with, we have been fortunate enough to receive a small playbuilder grant in the sum of £13K. A relatively small amount of funding has gone a very long way in developing our rural village play area, which is accessed by children and families from 5 or 6 other rural villages. I also support many projects in disadvantaged areas in Nottingham City and know that the Playbuilder grants will help considerably in providing access by children and young people to safe environments to play, thereby tackling antisocial behaviour and obesity issues that the government spends money on. Playbuilder provides funding for activities as early intervention, before more expensive interventions are necessary. Thank you. | September 7, 2010 - 11:35 am |
| Bernardette Lawton | Audley, Stoke-on-Trent | September 7, 2010 - 7:55 pm | |
| Melanie Jerome | Newbury | We are very lucky here in Newbury to have facilties for children aged 5 to 14 yrs. The playgrounds challenge their physical development allowing them to take risks in their play in a safe and stimulating environment. Play facilities are essential for a child\'s health and well being and to keep them active and fit. Surely all children have the right to access these play areas. Wouldn\'t the money be better spent on keeping the children fit and active rather than trying to address their obesity and other health issues so many young children seem to have these days. Come on Tring council support this great cause, please don\'t fail the children or your community. | September 7, 2010 - 8:07 pm |
| Janice Wills | cotford st luke | In a time when childhood obesity is rife I think any childhood activity areas should be of paramount importance. Funding for playgrounds is not only vital but a sound investment for our future. | September 7, 2010 - 9:51 pm |
| Philip Elson | Wheaton Aston | 18 months discussing our application, grant awarded in March, installation to start in August, 19 days prior to starting our money is frozen, please let us finish this project. So much work has gone into this project as I should imagine every project up and down the country, and cancelled to save a few million pounds | September 7, 2010 - 10:06 pm |
| Jane Lewis | Lowestoft | Every child and young person has the right to play! Playgrounds provide a safe place for children and young people to play and grow. PLEASE don\'t cut this important funding for our future generations! | September 8, 2010 - 1:06 pm |
| Paul Severs | Newark | September 8, 2010 - 3:26 pm | |
| Neil Batchelor | Thornton Leicestershire. | Children need these things to keep them occupied and to learn how to meet and play with other children it also helps keep the weight off them which is what we are supposed to be doing. | September 8, 2010 - 6:20 pm |
| Els Humphreys-Davies | Newbury | Is it not better to encourage children to be fit and active rather than expect the overstretched NHS to deal with children\'s obesity and other related illnesses? Tring Council: get your act together, build/refurbish the playgrounds and encourage kids to be out and about in a safe and stimulating environment rather than in front of a TV playing XBox, PSP or Wii!! | September 8, 2010 - 6:43 pm |
| Michael Fox | Lapley Staffordshire | Please continue with this funding especailly for projects where equipment has already been ordered and contract entered into. | September 9, 2010 - 9:11 am |
| Andrew Green | Kirkham, Lancashire | September 9, 2010 - 12:15 pm | |
| Carole Cox | Bracknell | Our children need inspiring to get out and play - it\'s far too easy to sit infront of the TV or PC and play with our thumbs and fingers - STOP THE CUTS PLEASE | September 9, 2010 - 7:08 pm |
| shane robinson | ashford, kent | September 10, 2010 - 11:27 am | |
| Helen Thrussell | Egham | Children\'s play areas are very important and all children should have the right to play in an exciting new playground | September 10, 2010 - 11:40 am |
| Richard Allison | Cambridge | September 10, 2010 - 11:40 am | |
| Sue Brownett | Ashford | Children need a safe place to play and they love going to playgrounds. | September 10, 2010 - 11:52 am |
| Anthony Rooryck | Manchester | September 10, 2010 - 12:00 pm | |
| Corinne Aubert | Manchester | September 10, 2010 - 12:01 pm | |
| Sebastien Rooryck | Reading | September 10, 2010 - 12:01 pm | |
| Kirsten Crutchley | Woking | September 10, 2010 - 12:04 pm | |
| Julie Mortimer | Egham | Most activities for children cost money and therefore, a majority of children do not get the chance to take part in activities with a price tag! They need somewhere to go where they can use their imagination and mix with other children, ..they need Playgrounds!! | September 10, 2010 - 12:30 pm |
| David Bracey | Lowestoft | Supprt play and children | September 10, 2010 - 12:39 pm |
| Mark Wheeler | Bournemouth | My Children were looking forward to playing in a new playground in Bournemouth playbuilder funded and now its been scrapped!!! Looks as if the playstation will have to do! Please Save Play Builder! | September 10, 2010 - 1:53 pm |
| mila yearley | wantage | If children have no playgrounds to play in, they turn against society in all kinds of ways. Play areas are not just bunches of slides and swings, but places where children develop into responsible future adults. Please do not scrap funding for playgrounds! | September 10, 2010 - 2:03 pm |
| steven williams | milton keynes | September 10, 2010 - 2:07 pm | |
| Simon Hall | Canterbury | September 10, 2010 - 3:11 pm | |
| Chloe Bowler | Ashford, Kent | September 10, 2010 - 3:15 pm | |
| david lambert | wickwar | Playbuilder has been a fantastic programme - investing in young people and helping to head-off antisocial behaviour. A good playground is a community hub; a bad one is a black hole. Cutting it is just a spiteful gesture based purely on ideology - the saving is a drop in the ocean - and the impact is incredibly disheartening to hard-pressed local authorities and community groups who have worked on putting proposals together. | September 10, 2010 - 3:29 pm |
| Steve Sylvester | Milton keynes | September 10, 2010 - 3:38 pm | |
| Mia Pole | Caerphilly | i dont want my mams boyfriend losing his job.....KIDS NEED PLAYGROUNDS!!!!! | September 10, 2010 - 3:41 pm |
| Jackie Ades | Ashford, kent | September 10, 2010 - 3:53 pm | |
| Glinys Hilborne | Enfield | It is every child\'s right to have access to stimulating play areas, which are vital for promoting good social and emotional development. This cut is very disappionting and short sighted. | September 10, 2010 - 3:55 pm |
| Lyn Williams | Blackwood, Gwent | September 10, 2010 - 3:59 pm | |
| Lisa West | Pontefract | Children are our future - play is their future | September 10, 2010 - 3:59 pm |
| Keith Parker | Sandy | Without continuing to invest in play for our children we will be compounding all the other negative forces that are impacting on them. | September 10, 2010 - 4:05 pm |
| Rosie B | Caerphilly | keep our playgrounds ! | September 10, 2010 - 4:10 pm |
| hannah bickerton | caerphilly | September 10, 2010 - 4:10 pm | |
| Shannon Harding | Caerphilly | Please Dont Take The Playground Away From The Schools And Children Need A Play Area Thanks. | September 10, 2010 - 4:21 pm |
| Bob The Builder | Caerphilly | DONT TAKE THE PLAYGROUNDS AWAY!THANKS. | September 10, 2010 - 4:23 pm |
| Freddie Greenword | i beleive that all children should have a safe area to play in and by taking this away wil mke alot of young people sad i beleive!and i think that schools should still be povided with money for this ..please take this comment into account and consider this strongly. | September 10, 2010 - 4:27 pm | |
| Martin Quick | Caerphilly | An essential facility for the young. Kids now more than ever need to have outdoor activities available to them, otherwise we will be raising a generation of couch potatos who know nothing else but facebook and video games. | September 10, 2010 - 4:41 pm |
| Stefan Hayes | Ashford | Save The Playgrounds!! Children need playgrounds for exercise | September 10, 2010 - 4:54 pm |
| Lesley Keever | Tyldesley, Manchester | September 10, 2010 - 5:40 pm | |
| carys pole | save the playgrounds. kids need playgrounds ! | September 10, 2010 - 6:48 pm | |
| H. Kettle | Tring | Our Town urgently needs improved playground facilities, especially for the younger age group. | September 10, 2010 - 9:21 pm |
| michelle lloyd | ashford | September 11, 2010 - 10:11 am | |
| Victoria Elsdon | Tring | Sufficient facilities should be provided for all age groups. Funding is this \'field\' should not be cut, as the park offers a vital role in people lives, particularly as the government is concerned about child obesity levels. I, and my family, wholeheartedly support the Playbuilder funding. It should not be cut. | September 11, 2010 - 3:31 pm |
| Michael Elsdon | Tring | September 11, 2010 - 3:35 pm | |
| Jorge Lee | Caerphilly, Wales | Kids deserve a playground, tight government tits. | September 11, 2010 - 5:32 pm |
| Rachel Skelton | Levenshulme, South Manchester | We were due to get much needed improvements in our park and the funding has now been withdrawn. Why should children and communities have to suffer? So much for the Big Society. | September 11, 2010 - 5:50 pm |
| James Jones | Caerphilly | Great Idea | September 11, 2010 - 9:03 pm |
| Lorraine yvonne Gazzard | Mitcham,Surrey | September 12, 2010 - 3:57 pm | |
| Sheryl Thompson | Terrington St Clement | Please re-consider and continue to ring fence the Play Ground Grants. This will be the only way to enhance build stronger sustainable communities and promote social health and wellbeing. | September 12, 2010 - 7:20 pm |
| George Lloyd | Wraysbury | September 13, 2010 - 8:49 am | |
| Geoff Townsd | Stow on the Wold | Jobs are at stake & childrens development also. Save this funding. | September 13, 2010 - 9:13 am |
| Pat Broderick | Simonstone Lancs | Less playgrounds more obesity its a no brainer, is that really were you want to spend the money!! Healthy or Corpulent children you have the future of our children in your hands. | September 13, 2010 - 9:37 am |
| Tony Hoddle | Perth | Dear Prime Minister, Ref: Playbuilder Funding threatened. This program not only helps our communities aesthetically (remember a play area consists of not just play apparatus but the hard and soft landscaping too!) and our children both physically and mentally, but it has also assisted the commercial playground industry within the UK during a very difficult economic period. Lack of funding not only means our children and communities in general will have to continue with old and out dated facilities yet again, but also that less revenue will see an already struggling industry potentially collapse. A large number of job losses will be inevitable and both established and entrepeneurial businesses will collapse at a time when our country needs these types of businesses the most. Don\'t let this happen. Please continue this extremely valuable funding. On behalf of all the beneficiaries.....the British people, Anthony Hoddle Managing Director Tayplay Limited Please don\'t allow it to happen. | September 13, 2010 - 10:45 am |
| Anne Watson | Egham | September 13, 2010 - 12:37 pm | |
| Lesley Keever | Tyldesley | September 13, 2010 - 1:13 pm | |
| Bryan Levitt | London | Hook Norton needs the new playground urgently - surely the coalition could take the time to save the most badly needed new ones before depriving the most urgent and needy children. | September 13, 2010 - 2:07 pm |
| Bryan Levitt | London | The new playground is badly needed and I hoope these petitions will be copied to Oxfordshire MPs who I feel sure will beg the minister for a change of mind ! | September 13, 2010 - 2:14 pm |
| Bryan Levitt | London | Hook Norton\'s children need the playground - I hope there will be large numbers of testimonials ! | September 13, 2010 - 2:20 pm |
| Bryan Levitt | London | Children should always comr first ! | September 13, 2010 - 2:23 pm |
| Louisa Hill | Nelson, Caerphilly | September 13, 2010 - 7:20 pm | |
| David Houghton | Portugal | September 13, 2010 - 7:20 pm | |
| Ian Sands | Rostrevor Northern Ireland | September 13, 2010 - 9:01 pm | |
| jem lindon | london | September 14, 2010 - 9:18 am | |
| jem lindon | london | September 14, 2010 - 9:19 am | |
| lauren wilsher | ashford | September 14, 2010 - 8:42 pm | |
| Cassie Chipperfield | Ashford | September 15, 2010 - 2:55 pm | |
| Glenn Jordan | Sittingbourne | September 15, 2010 - 2:56 pm | |
| Bernadette Murrin | Chatham | It is vatal that the government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 2:57 pm |
| Fern Murrin | Ruckinge | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 2:57 pm |
| Sylvia Bowler | Hamstreet, Kent | September 15, 2010 - 2:57 pm | |
| Beverley | Clark | September 15, 2010 - 2:57 pm | |
| Caroline McDonnell | Nonington | September 15, 2010 - 2:57 pm | |
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| Adam Pain | Hastings | September 15, 2010 - 2:58 pm | |
| Sandra Field | Kingston upon Thames | September 15, 2010 - 3:00 pm | |
| Jeff Bowler | Hamstreet, Kent | September 15, 2010 - 3:01 pm | |
| Gaynor Negus | Chatham | September 15, 2010 - 3:01 pm | |
| Patrick | Murrin | SAVE PLAYBUILDER | September 15, 2010 - 3:02 pm |
| Jackie Barnard | London | September 15, 2010 - 3:02 pm | |
| Bob Wilson | Sittingbourne | Give kids places to play! | September 15, 2010 - 3:04 pm |
| Don Wiseman | Rugby | September 15, 2010 - 3:04 pm | |
| Mark Fisk | Sheppey | September 15, 2010 - 3:05 pm | |
| Dan Smith | Ashford | September 15, 2010 - 3:06 pm | |
| Michael Simmonds | Kingston upon Thames | September 15, 2010 - 3:07 pm | |
| Allan Bone | Ashford | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:12 pm |
| Philip Fairhurst | Ashford | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:13 pm |
| Paul Negus | Chatham | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:16 pm |
| Keith Parker | Stevenage | People need places to play the alternative is so much worse. | September 15, 2010 - 3:16 pm |
| Daisy Negus | Chatham | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:16 pm |
| Morgan Negus | Chatham | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:17 pm |
| Mary Murrin | Chatham | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:17 pm |
| Joanne Macdonald | Lincoln | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:17 pm |
| Andrew Macdonald | Lincoln | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:18 pm |
| Kirsty Macdonald | Lincoln | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:18 pm |
| Alex Macdonald | Lincoln | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:19 pm |
| Timmy Murrin | Chatham | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:23 pm |
| Sue Fairhurst | Ashford | Parks bring communities together, help children build relationships, which in a world of so much crime & violence can only be a good thing. Take away these facilities then you\\\'re taking away communities. Parks encourage children to get out doing activities and to keep fit. | September 15, 2010 - 3:23 pm |
| Charlie Murrin | Chatham | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:23 pm |
| Phil Hall | Sittingbourne | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:24 pm |
| Alan Hall | Sittingbourne | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:24 pm |
| Debra Pringle | Surrey | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 3:25 pm |
| Kanishco | Our children is our future. It would be a great mistake to cut back on the development of play facility at this stage. | September 15, 2010 - 3:27 pm | |
| Kanish | Fazel | September 15, 2010 - 3:28 pm | |
| Kanish Fazel | Brentwood | September 15, 2010 - 3:30 pm | |
| Lydia Golder | Harlow | September 15, 2010 - 3:31 pm | |
| Trevor Markham | Hornchurch | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \\\'playbuilder\\\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 15, 2010 - 4:09 pm |
| Carolyn Postill | Hants | Save playbuilder | September 15, 2010 - 5:05 pm |
| Carol Danby | York | Playbuilder has been a big success in giving children places to meet and play. The fitness element of playgrounds is of great importance to children of all ages especially in these days of sedentary pursuits such as TV and computer games. It is very important for children to have social areas to learn to interact with each other and Playbuilder has played a big part in this. | September 15, 2010 - 5:28 pm |
| HRH PRINCE FREDERICK VON SAXE-LAUENBERG | Edinburgh | What this is awful and not thought out properly by those policy makers - those in authority. What do they know about children? Fight for your rights and save the funding for our playgrounds. Prince Frederick von Saxe-Lauenberg Children of the World 2000 | September 16, 2010 - 8:55 am |
| Andrew Clarke | Scunthorpe | September 16, 2010 - 10:44 am | |
| Joe Hayns | Bristol | September 16, 2010 - 11:17 am | |
| John Raymond Sutton | Grimsby | Undoing schemes and then reinventing later is inefficent and playing politics with the future of our children | September 16, 2010 - 11:45 am |
| John Purcell | York | September 16, 2010 - 3:14 pm | |
| Sarah Tennant | Chislehurst | September 16, 2010 - 4:14 pm | |
| PETER ROBINSON | ASHFORD KENT | September 16, 2010 - 4:55 pm | |
| paula miller | lingdale | Lingdale is a deprived area and in desperate need of a skatepark as we have proved by interviewing the kids and parents. we need support from the government and others to get funding, not get kicked in the teeth from the beginning of a project.Britain is a giving country don\'t spoil it. | September 17, 2010 - 8:53 am |
| ANDREW SPICER | ASHFORD KENT | September 17, 2010 - 9:18 am | |
| MALCOLM HARVEY | ASHFORD KENT | September 17, 2010 - 9:20 am | |
| SHAUN MADDOCKS | ASHFORD KENT | September 17, 2010 - 9:21 am | |
| Bradley Walton | Redhill | September 17, 2010 - 9:24 am | |
| Lesley Scott | Redhill | September 17, 2010 - 9:24 am | |
| Marie Walton | Reigate | September 17, 2010 - 9:24 am | |
| Peter Walton | Reigate | September 17, 2010 - 9:24 am | |
| Sam Migel | London | September 17, 2010 - 9:25 am | |
| NEVILLE ROBINSON | ASHFORD KENT | September 17, 2010 - 9:40 am | |
| IAN PALMER | ASHFORD KENT | September 17, 2010 - 9:41 am | |
| JOAN PALMER | ASHFORD KENT | September 17, 2010 - 9:41 am | |
| JOANNE PALMER | ASHFORD KENT | September 17, 2010 - 9:42 am | |
| EMMA CAMERON | ASHFORD KENT | KIDS NEED TO GET OUT AND PLAY. (OUTSIDE) | September 17, 2010 - 9:43 am |
| Philippa Dalton | Nottingham | We have some brilliant play grounds near us and they are all packed with happy children having fun. This kind of free activity should be available to as many children as possible. | September 17, 2010 - 9:13 pm |
| Catherine Hornby | Ruddington | We need new play areas and have worked hard to raise match funding. | September 17, 2010 - 11:57 pm |
| James Baldry | leamington spa | September 20, 2010 - 9:29 am | |
| chris damer | todmorden | September 20, 2010 - 10:02 am | |
| lyn damer | todmorden | PLEASE SAVE OUR PLAYGROUNDS FOR KIDDIES SAKE !!! | September 20, 2010 - 10:09 am |
| Andrew Kirby | Kent | Has the Government even considered the effects of their actions on the companies that provide play services.....job losses are inevitable throughout the industry! | September 20, 2010 - 12:04 pm |
| stuart hatch | glasgow | I am employed by a company that needs the work generated by playbuilder funding. If this funding is cut, I will will propbably be laid off because of insufficient work. I am sure i will not be the only one - so when looking at anymonies potentially saved - please remember to add on the cost of the unemployment it will create and the loss of tax revenues | September 20, 2010 - 12:36 pm |
| Claire Brooker | Ashford, Kent | The government should evaluate its decision relating to the play funding very carefully. Saving money from the \'playbuilder\' grant should not be a soft option or quick fix. Not only will the possible cuts affect our children and their communities, but will have a devastating impact on the play industry, UK manufacturing and therefore the economy as a whole. | September 20, 2010 - 1:51 pm |
| Greg Hewlett | Ashford, Kent | September 20, 2010 - 1:52 pm | |
| Allan Bone | Ashford | Childern need a safe area to play please continue with this funding | September 20, 2010 - 2:19 pm |
| Valérie Hivert | TOURS | September 20, 2010 - 2:50 pm | |
| Gareth Smith | Leeds | September 20, 2010 - 11:28 pm | |
| Rob Baldock | Hamstreet | September 21, 2010 - 8:48 am | |
| Lorraine Baldock | Hamstreet | September 21, 2010 - 8:48 am | |
| Jack Baldock | Hamstreet | September 21, 2010 - 8:48 am | |
| Bobby Gee | Milton Keynes | Let\'s work on creating great facilities for £20,000. Community work, local company supportuse of a small amount of rope nets etc. | September 22, 2010 - 9:10 am |
| Martine Pelletier | Wokingham | Not all children can take advantage of a large garden to play outdoors. Playing is an integral part of education and development. Doing so outdoors encourage children to see exercise as a normal way of life. And sharing a playground with other children develops their social skills too. Limited, inappropriate or outdated (understand \"unsafe\") facilities are simply unacceptable. Keep the funding for the Playbuilder scheme! | September 22, 2010 - 12:14 pm |
| Jenny Claringbould | Ashford | I understand the Government has to make funding cuts but the disappointment for those that were promised a new play area, the work, time and effort involved by those responsible for the budgets with the lengthy consultation process,selecting reputable companies, preparing tender documents, the companies who were asked to carry out site surveys, submit designs, gather costing......if that\'s not wasting money....... | September 22, 2010 - 1:44 pm |
| Emma Goldsworthy | Billericay | With out play we cease to exist! | September 22, 2010 - 3:05 pm |
| Frank Goodwin | South Shields | I have worked inspecting playareas for 19 years , the recent Playbuilder funding was long overdue in my opinion with previous Elected Governments providing poor levels of financial assistance towards play facilities . It perhaps improved when Lottery money became available for grants towards play facilities etc , maybe more money from the lottery could be provided . I have witnessed the tremendous beneficial effects that these playbuilder playareas have on young people , in the recent past before playbuilder , playareas were used by children generally up to 12 years old as the equipment was suitable for this age group , since the playbuilder installations numerous ( thousands and thousands )of children and youths have enjoyed playing and being in the natural environment , with really good facilities , not run down areas that look shabby and increases problems in society eg gathering points for acohol / drugs etc , nothing to do , so youths tend to cause trouble to people on adjacent housing estates . Its sheer common sence that if you provide good facilities children will become fitter , will be able to communicate with each other more easily , and also allowing a child to be a child by allowing them the opportuity to play , learning risks though play are essential for the child to grow up more safely . The people who make the decisions on our behalf , the politicians should really be ashamed as funding should not be cut , but should be increased even further to help build a better society . Let the children play . We need to stick up for the kids as they dont have a voice when decisions are made . Let phase 3 continue and hopefully in the future phases 4 and onwards could be announced by an enlightened Goverment . The benefits to society far outweigh the financial costs . SUPPORT PLAYBUILDER . LET EVERYONE KNOW . SIGN PETITIONS .ASK MPs and Councillors to support . Great to see the support this petition has raised , well done to you all for having an interest in improving play and sport facilities for young and old . Best Wishes . Keep the faith . | September 22, 2010 - 7:12 pm |
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| Andrew | wrexham | September 24, 2010 - 6:36 am | |
| Darren Bray | Leicester | you have to remember that playbuilder was helping some of the poorest areas in the country to give children a fundamental right to play and that right is now being taken away. | September 24, 2010 - 7:47 am |
| Clare Lattimer | Newark | September 24, 2010 - 1:46 pm | |
| Roy Mervyn John Davies | Worcester | The Playbuilder funding scheme is so vital and important to groups of volunteers who are putting so many hours and effort into getting our parks and green spaces into safe and welcoming zones for our young people and their families to play and relax in! | September 24, 2010 - 4:37 pm |
| Grant Warwick | Radcliffe | September 26, 2010 - 8:39 pm | |
| david brooks | Liverpool | Children Need Safe Play Areas. Please Keep Up The Good Work. | September 27, 2010 - 11:11 am |
| Carol Ings | Alfriston | We are developing a scheme to overhaul our tired playarea so any loss of funding will really upset our whole community. | September 27, 2010 - 11:23 am |
| Jilly Byford | Alfriston | September 27, 2010 - 5:17 pm | |
| Alice Kavati | Alfriston | Please continue to support phase 3 playbuilder funding | September 28, 2010 - 11:11 am |
| James Pigdon | Bridgend | Back in April I gave Andrew a job, he had been on long term benefits. I have built over a dozen Playbuilder schemes since the programme started. Now thanks to Playbuilder being suspended Andrew is back on benefits and others will surely follow. Please look at the success of the projects completed so far. The millions spent on this programme represent better value for money compared to the billions lost by the Banks. | September 28, 2010 - 12:23 pm |
| Gavin Johnson | Stoke on Trent | Safe play environments are essential in the healthy developement of our children. playbuilder funding was helping provide and maintain safe yet challenging play areas to aid in the healthy developement of our children with a focus on natural play which may encourage childrens imagination at the same time. | September 28, 2010 - 3:00 pm |
| Nathan Lockett | Stoke on Trent | September 28, 2010 - 3:03 pm | |
| John Rushton | Stoke on Trent | September 28, 2010 - 3:03 pm | |
| Ben Johnson | Stoke on Trent | September 28, 2010 - 3:03 pm | |
| Chris Hand | Cheadle, Staffs | September 28, 2010 - 3:05 pm | |
| Rob Skerry | Cheadle, Staffs | September 28, 2010 - 3:06 pm | |
| Sue Whitehead | Alfriston | Rural children, don\'t have the access to swing parks and climbing frames that town children have. These are vital for the risk taking skills that young children need to learn. They also help to build up the stamina, upper body strength and balancing that children need to acquire, which are proven to help their cognitive development. Please keep this funding in place to allow so many children around the country to benefit from these much needed resources. | September 28, 2010 - 3:38 pm |
| sarahtaylor111@btinternet.com | Emsworth | Children/Young People need the best start in life and withdrawal of govt funds sends all the wrong messages - are our children/yp really important? Local govts have NO capital funds to invest in play facility improvements and the withdrawal of playbuilder funding is a disaster. | September 28, 2010 - 7:40 pm |
| Trevor Watkins | Seaford and Alfriston | Safe and fun play is a very important part of every child\'s experience and development. This should not be underfunded - there are plenty of other areas cuts should fall. School and community playgrounds and play parks must not be an area where any funding cuts are made. | September 29, 2010 - 8:56 am |