Have you faced accessibility problems with your local playground?

Tori_Scope
Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
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You know all children have an equal right to play. Play feeds imagination and forms friendships. 

But how many times have you gone to a playground to find it’s not inclusive for disabled children?  

Disabled children shouldn’t have to fight for their place in the playground.  

You and your family deserve to feel a part of your community. We want to see playgrounds where disabled children get to play alongside non-disabled children across the country. This shows children from a young age that an inclusive world is possible.

Want to do something about it?

Councillors are responsible for local playgrounds, so it’s vital that they commit to ensuring the playgrounds in their area are inclusive and accessible.

Email them today to ask them to support disabled children’s right to play.

Have you faced accessibility problems with your local playground? 2 votes

Yes
50%
dannistar 1 vote
No
50%
johndtay 1 vote

Comments

  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
    Do you mind me asking what kind of accessibility problems you've faced with your local playground @dannistar? Thanks for responding to the poll :) 
  • dannistar
    dannistar Online Community Member Posts: 370 Empowering
    Yes
    There’s no working equipment for young people with disability , they get ruined by others who use the park wrongly 
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
    That's really interesting to know, thanks @dannistar! We suspect it's similar across parks in England and Wales. Have you told your local councillor about this? https://campaigns.scope.org.uk/page/129247/action/1?ea.tracking.id=OnlineCommunity 

    Youll also have the opportunity to survey your local playgrounds from later this month, which we hope will help campaigners, groups, as well as Scope to make the case for change. 
  • dannistar
    dannistar Online Community Member Posts: 370 Empowering
    Yes
    Thank you will do 
  • johndtay
    johndtay Online Community Member Posts: 45 Connected
    No
    It might give you the idea of them: www.inclusivehome.co.uk - Not a commercial website. It may show what can be done. Also do a web search I thought Alton Towers or somewhere which built a fully accessible playground.
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
    edited July 2023
    Thanks for sharing that website @johndtay! They've actually been part of this campaign :)

    We're looking at free, public playgrounds for this campaign, but it's always interesting to hear about organisations who've built inclusive playgrounds. I'm not much of a theme park goer, so am not familiar with the playground at Alton Towers. Have you been?

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