Enabling children to play and to get to know their neighbours

Play streets allow children to play safely and freely in their neighbourhood. Residents can apply to close their streets to cars for specific periods of time, and enable families to play out on the street, safely. Play streets have gone from strength to strength and we now have 32 play streets in the borough. This is a free activity that anyone has the right to apply for.

Impact

Nargis Jahan, resident who lives in a play street said, “It’s great to see children playing outdoors together, ad different generations and cultures coming together and bonding. I can honestly say Play Streets has brought our street alive. We’ve created our own little community and some of my closest friends are some of the ones I made through play streets.”