HomepageNews and eventsLottery improves North East state of play Lottery improves North East state of play Tweet Print Area:North East EnglandProgramme:Childrens PlayPlayful IdeasRelease date:19 2 2007 Creative play for North Tyneside’s disabled children is today boosted by a grant of £185,218 from the Big Lottery Fund’s £155million cash pot for children’s play. The project is one of four in the North East to scoop a share of £1,308,269 playful pounds awarded to schemes across the region. North Tyneside District Disability Forum will use its grant to employ a play development worker to bring together disabled children and their able-bodied peers to share play experiences and learn new skills. Sue Adams, Chief Officer, said: “Our Children’s Play Project is about innovative play. It takes an approach of using children’s ideas, anchoring their enthusiasms and allowing their creativity to dictate the programme and content of the activities provided. “Kids with disabilities are often so accommodated by care packages that they never get to explore being creative, or have any real freedom to change things. This project is about kids leading not just needing. It takes a view that disability does not mean inability and encourages all children to participate on equal terms. “Our intention is that we can encourage other service providers, through sharing our practice, to consider that disabled children can be active participants in service design and delivery, rather than passive recipients of services.” Across in Northumberland, a toy library for isolated families is part of an innovative project being extended to rural communities thanks to an award of £232,943. The Northumberland Toy Library and Children’s Centre already exists, but the BIG funding will allow an extension of the scheme to the isolated communities of Tynedale, Alnwick and Castlemorpeth. Derick Cadwallender, Project Manager, said: “For a token fee parents can rent a toy or item of play equipment for a fortnight. It gives them access to equipment they wouldn’t normally have such as musical instruments, sports equipment and multicultural toys. “This funding will enable the organisation to grow and develop to its full potential. We will be able to reach many more families and community groups within rural areas.” In Redcar and Cleveland, £399,858 for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council will mean the children of Spencerbeck will have somewhere to play once a new playground is set up in the area. The award will also fund activity schemes, ‘Play Zones’, to be delivered in schools, community centres and church halls for children with disabilities and the able-bodied. Councillor Valerie Halton, Cabinet Member for Health and Social Services at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, said: "We are responding to what residents tell us is one of their priorities; the provision of activities for children and young people, and this is a wonderful opportunity for us to further extend all of the good work being done to provide holiday and after school activities to suit the diverse needs of all of our children and young people." Finally in the North East, £490,250 for Middlesbrough Council will be put towards improving play areas in a range of locations across the borough. The work will include developing a natural play project at Marton’s Fairy Dell beauty spot, improving and extending the play area in The Avenue, Nunthorpe, and creating a new play area in Bonnygrove Park, Coulby Newham. Councillor Jan Brunton, Executive Member for Children’s Services, said: “This is the first time we have examined in depth the facilities and opportunities Middlesbrough provides for children’s play. There are some good quality spaces but there are other areas which certainly need investment. “Play is an essential part of any child’s development and we see the investment we’ve secured from the Big Lottery as an important step in ensuring that children and young people of Middlesbrough have the opportunity to explore their potential to develop skills and learn to respect and look after their local environment.” James Turner, Head of Region for the North East, said: “These four grants will mean North East children have more stimulating and challenging play opportunities. In isolated or disadvantaged areas it’s often difficult to access play facilities and equipment; this funding will help ensure more families can enjoy better play for their children.” For a full list of the 32 awards from the Children's Play programme, please click hereFor a full list of the 9 awards from the Playful Ideas programme, please click here Further information: Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888Out of hours contact: 078 6750 0572Public Enquiries Line: 08454 102030Textphone: 0845 6021 659Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards are available on: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Notes to Editors The Big Lottery Fund will support children’s play with £155 million through: the £124 million Children’s Play programme, with funds available to every local authority area in England; a separate £16 million Playful Ideas programme focussing on innovation; and a £15 million grant to the Children’s Play Council, part of the National Children’s Bureau, to fund England-wide development and support. Under the Children’s Play programme, in deciding how best to allocate the available funds to each authority the Big Lottery Fund have allocated: 50 per cent of the funding on the basis of child population, and 50 per cent of the regional population living in the most deprived 20% of Super Output Areas included in the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004. The minimum amount allocated to any local authority is £200,000. Under Playful Ideas registered charities; voluntary or community groups; charitable or not-for-profit companies; social enterprises; and town and parish councils can apply. However, other organisations, such as schools, can work in partnership on Playful Ideas projects. The Big Lottery Fund awarded a grant to the Children’s Play Council a strategic alliance of organisations working to promote the importance of play and to stimulate better play opportunities. Play England - a project of the Children’s Play Council - lead on this work by helping agencies to develop play strategies and apply for Children's Play funding. For further information please visit www.ncb.org.uk The Big Lottery Fund rolls out close to £2 million in lottery good cause money every 24 hours, which together with other Lottery distributors means that across the UK most people are within a few miles of a Lottery-funded project. TagsBeneficiariesChildren Young people ThemesEducation, learning and skills Health and well-being Young People
Area:North East EnglandProgramme:Childrens PlayPlayful IdeasRelease date:19 2 2007 Creative play for North Tyneside’s disabled children is today boosted by a grant of £185,218 from the Big Lottery Fund’s £155million cash pot for children’s play. The project is one of four in the North East to scoop a share of £1,308,269 playful pounds awarded to schemes across the region. North Tyneside District Disability Forum will use its grant to employ a play development worker to bring together disabled children and their able-bodied peers to share play experiences and learn new skills. Sue Adams, Chief Officer, said: “Our Children’s Play Project is about innovative play. It takes an approach of using children’s ideas, anchoring their enthusiasms and allowing their creativity to dictate the programme and content of the activities provided. “Kids with disabilities are often so accommodated by care packages that they never get to explore being creative, or have any real freedom to change things. This project is about kids leading not just needing. It takes a view that disability does not mean inability and encourages all children to participate on equal terms. “Our intention is that we can encourage other service providers, through sharing our practice, to consider that disabled children can be active participants in service design and delivery, rather than passive recipients of services.” Across in Northumberland, a toy library for isolated families is part of an innovative project being extended to rural communities thanks to an award of £232,943. The Northumberland Toy Library and Children’s Centre already exists, but the BIG funding will allow an extension of the scheme to the isolated communities of Tynedale, Alnwick and Castlemorpeth. Derick Cadwallender, Project Manager, said: “For a token fee parents can rent a toy or item of play equipment for a fortnight. It gives them access to equipment they wouldn’t normally have such as musical instruments, sports equipment and multicultural toys. “This funding will enable the organisation to grow and develop to its full potential. We will be able to reach many more families and community groups within rural areas.” In Redcar and Cleveland, £399,858 for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council will mean the children of Spencerbeck will have somewhere to play once a new playground is set up in the area. The award will also fund activity schemes, ‘Play Zones’, to be delivered in schools, community centres and church halls for children with disabilities and the able-bodied. Councillor Valerie Halton, Cabinet Member for Health and Social Services at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, said: "We are responding to what residents tell us is one of their priorities; the provision of activities for children and young people, and this is a wonderful opportunity for us to further extend all of the good work being done to provide holiday and after school activities to suit the diverse needs of all of our children and young people." Finally in the North East, £490,250 for Middlesbrough Council will be put towards improving play areas in a range of locations across the borough. The work will include developing a natural play project at Marton’s Fairy Dell beauty spot, improving and extending the play area in The Avenue, Nunthorpe, and creating a new play area in Bonnygrove Park, Coulby Newham. Councillor Jan Brunton, Executive Member for Children’s Services, said: “This is the first time we have examined in depth the facilities and opportunities Middlesbrough provides for children’s play. There are some good quality spaces but there are other areas which certainly need investment. “Play is an essential part of any child’s development and we see the investment we’ve secured from the Big Lottery as an important step in ensuring that children and young people of Middlesbrough have the opportunity to explore their potential to develop skills and learn to respect and look after their local environment.” James Turner, Head of Region for the North East, said: “These four grants will mean North East children have more stimulating and challenging play opportunities. In isolated or disadvantaged areas it’s often difficult to access play facilities and equipment; this funding will help ensure more families can enjoy better play for their children.” For a full list of the 32 awards from the Children's Play programme, please click hereFor a full list of the 9 awards from the Playful Ideas programme, please click here Further information: Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888Out of hours contact: 078 6750 0572Public Enquiries Line: 08454 102030Textphone: 0845 6021 659Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards are available on: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Notes to Editors The Big Lottery Fund will support children’s play with £155 million through: the £124 million Children’s Play programme, with funds available to every local authority area in England; a separate £16 million Playful Ideas programme focussing on innovation; and a £15 million grant to the Children’s Play Council, part of the National Children’s Bureau, to fund England-wide development and support. Under the Children’s Play programme, in deciding how best to allocate the available funds to each authority the Big Lottery Fund have allocated: 50 per cent of the funding on the basis of child population, and 50 per cent of the regional population living in the most deprived 20% of Super Output Areas included in the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004. The minimum amount allocated to any local authority is £200,000. Under Playful Ideas registered charities; voluntary or community groups; charitable or not-for-profit companies; social enterprises; and town and parish councils can apply. However, other organisations, such as schools, can work in partnership on Playful Ideas projects. The Big Lottery Fund awarded a grant to the Children’s Play Council a strategic alliance of organisations working to promote the importance of play and to stimulate better play opportunities. Play England - a project of the Children’s Play Council - lead on this work by helping agencies to develop play strategies and apply for Children's Play funding. For further information please visit www.ncb.org.uk The Big Lottery Fund rolls out close to £2 million in lottery good cause money every 24 hours, which together with other Lottery distributors means that across the UK most people are within a few miles of a Lottery-funded project. TagsBeneficiariesChildren Young people ThemesEducation, learning and skills Health and well-being Young People