{"id":10656,"date":"2021-03-15T23:19:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2021-03-15T23:19:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:19:28","slug":"7-millon-funding-to-ensure-everyone-can-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/15\/7-millon-funding-to-ensure-everyone-can-play\/","title":{"rendered":"$7 MILLON FUNDING TO ENSURE EVERYONE CAN PLAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Councils across NSW will share $7 million in NSW Government funding to construct and upgrade play spaces that ensure inclusivity, with half the money being awarded to regional projects.<br \/>\nMinister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said regional NSW councils will benefit from over $3.65 million in funding for 15 new projects and six upgraded play spaces in round three of the Everyone Can Play grants program.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a wonderful program and in this round we focused on communities affected by the recent devastating bushfires and drought,\u201d Mr Stokes said.<br \/>\n\u201cAs a result, more than 60 per cent of successful applicants are from regional NSW. \u201cGreat public spaces are essential infrastructure for any city or town, particularly in communities that have experienced recent hardship and heartache.<br \/>\n\u201cThese inclusive play spaces will be focal points for rebuilding these communities as well as public spaces where people of all ages and ability can come and play.\u201d<br \/>\nA summary of this round of grants for new play spaces includes:<br \/>\n\u00b7 Walgett and Eurobodalla shire councils each receiving $511,000 for demonstration projects as their communities were impacted significantly by drought or bushfire;<br \/>\n\u00b7 Bayside Council receiving $500,000 for renewed and expanded play spaces at Depena Reserve and Todd Reserve;<br \/>\n\u00b7 Bega Council receiving $300,000 for a new Eden Play and Skate Precinct;<br \/>\n\u00b7 City of Newcastle council receiving $300,000 for a new inclusive play space on the foreshore;<br \/>\n\u00b7 Lake Macquarie City Council receiving $290,000 for a sensory and inclusive play space at Rathmines Park;<br \/>\n\u00b7 Cumberland City Council receiving $300,000 for a multi-generational play space at Civic park; and<br \/>\n\u00b7 The Hills Shire Council receiving more than $276,631 for a new accessible play space at Equinox Drive Reserve.<br \/>\nThe 37 successful projects in the third round follows 71 play space projects already funded with $8 million worth of grants. The Everyone Can Play program was established in 2018 as part of the $290 million Open Spaces and Greener Sydney package. The NSW Government has committed $20 million over five years to creating inclusive play spaces.<br \/>\nA full list of recipients is available at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/EveryoneCanPlay\">www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/EveryoneCanPlay<\/a>. For more information, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.everyonecanplay.nsw.gov.au\/\">www.everyonecanplay.nsw.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councils across NSW will share $7 million in NSW Government funding to construct and upgrade play spaces that ensure inclusivity, with half the money being awarded to regional projects. Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said regional NSW councils will benefit from over $3.65 million in funding for 15 new projects and six &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/15\/7-millon-funding-to-ensure-everyone-can-play\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;$7 MILLON FUNDING TO ENSURE EVERYONE CAN PLAY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}