CHILDREN in urban areas across Scotland are being sold short because local authorities are failing to help communities create play spaces on disused land, according to campaigners.
Play Scotland, a national organisation concerned with the importance of play, said councils should have a statutory duty to provide good quality play experiences for children, including access to green and wild spaces.
Voluntary organisations working in deprived areas also say that a ‘cultural shift’ is needed to ensure councils start supporting ‘adventurous’ play areas rather than “ticking boxes” by providing plastic play park equipment.
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