The grants were awarded as part of the 'playful ideas' programme, which supports innovative projects taking a creative approach to play.
Children in Bradford are to benefit from a 228,934 grant awarded to the Bradford Community Environment Project for its Wild Adventurous Safe Play Spaces (WASPS) initiative. The three-year project will involve a team of play workers visiting parks, green spaces and woodlands to hand down skills such as den building and making rope swings.
Carlton Smith, director of the project, said, 'We were delighted to hear we had been awarded the grant. We will be using local green spaces to get children out of their virtual play worlds and back to engaging with the real world again. Our project aims to give them an appreciation and respect for the natural environment.'
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