More inclusive playspaces will be rolled out across the state, with $4 million to be shared between 29 councils in the fourth and final round of the NSW Government\u2019s Everyone Can Play program.
\nMinister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said the funding will support the delivery of 33 new or upgraded playspaces across NSW.
\n\u201cAll communities should have access to great public spaces, and the Everyone Can Play program is providing people of all ages and abilities with places to come together and have fun,\u201d Mr Stokes said.
\n\u201cSince 2018\u00a0we\u2019ve invested $15 million into 108 new or improved playspaces\u00a0in Greater Sydney and regional NSW.\u00a0We\u2019re thrilled to announce funding for another 33 projects, providing more and better public play facilities everyone can enjoy.
\n\u201cThis award-winning program asks three simple questions to inform best practice inclusive design \u2013 Can I get there? Can I play? Can I stay?\u201d
\nSome of the 33 projects funded in the final round of the Everyone Can Play program include:<\/p>\n
The Everyone Can Play program was established in 2018 as part of the NSW Government\u2019s $290 million Open Spaces and Greener Sydney package. It supports the Government\u2019s target of increasing public access to quality, walkable, green and open public space. More inclusive playspaces will be rolled out across the state, with $4 million to be shared between 29 councils in the fourth and final round of the NSW Government\u2019s Everyone Can Play program. Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said the funding will support the delivery of 33 new or upgraded playspaces across … Continue reading “$8 million for more greenspace so everyone can play”<\/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-14269","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\/14269","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=14269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAn additional $4 million is also up for grabs for councils across Greater Sydney as part of the NSW Government\u2019s Metropolitan Greenspace Program.
\nMr Stokes said the NSW Government will match councils dollar-for-dollar for new and improved parks, cycleways and greenspaces.
\n\u201cLast year, we awarded almost $4 million to support 12 councils to deliver 13 projects and it\u2019s now time for councils to nominate again for more projects.\u201d
\nApplications for the Metropolitan Greenspace Program are open until 4 March 2022.
\nFor further details, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/metropolitan-greenspace-program<\/a>
\nA full list of Everyone Can Play grant recipients is available at:\u00a0www.planning.nsw.gov.au\/EveryoneCanPlay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"