By PLAYLINK
Produced by means of PLAYLINK, a registered charity which assists neighborhood groups to create event playgrounds for kids. confirmed in 1962, PLAYLINK is acknowledged because the nationwide authority on solid perform for play provision of this sort. This crucial instruction manual attracts on PLAYLINK's 35 years adventure with event playgrounds, introduces contemporary adjustments to laws and offers suggestions at the interpretation of felony duties. it really is intende for all these operating as play officials, playworkers, playground designers or specialists in supervised play provision, criminal advisers and regulatory experts. it's going to even be of interst to somebody focused on relaxation and game administration and the layout and development of activities amenities.
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The application of this space standard to adventure playgrounds is inappropriate. A more reliable way of providing a safe environment for children using an adventure playground, particularly the safety of the youngest users, is the playwork policy and practice. This will take account of the layout of the facilities and the staffs’ capacity to supervise them effectively, together with knowledge of how the facilities are used by different age groups. An agreed health and safety policy, based on the undertaking of risk assessments, will provide a safety framework more reliable than the application of a space formula.
Registration is based on an assessment of how premises used for day care, and the persons providing it, meet the regulations set out in Guidance and Regulations Volume II. It has been acknowledged by the Department of Health that it is important that the registration system for open access schemes, such as adventure playgrounds, is based on the purposes set out in the Guidance, but does not seek to go further in ways that will pervert the objectives. The requirements of the Children Act in respect of day-care facilities are principally concerned with the welfare of children under eight years of age, and there are many requirements concerning standards for this age group.
The site must be accessible to the proposed catchment area, as an attractive facility will draw children. Care must be taken with the routes to and from the site to ensure that they are safe for children to use. 2. Direct access from the playground onto such hazardous sites as public car parks, main roads, railways, canals and rivers must be avoided. 3. Proximity to industrial sites must be avoided. 4. Attention must be paid to establishing pedestrian crossings, prohibited parking areas and signs warning drivers of the presence of children.