Developing a Neighbourhood Response to the Play Sufficiency Duty: a report on the neighbourhood research mentoring project August 2023-June 2024

Russell, Wendy K ORCID: 0000-0002-5028-6428, Barclay, Mike ORCID: 0000-0002-7940-5494, Tawil, Ben ORCID: 0000-0001-6823-5293, Gaywood, D ORCID: 0000-0002-4169-3638 and Ryall, Emily S ORCID: 0000-0002-6050-4353 (2024) Developing a Neighbourhood Response to the Play Sufficiency Duty: a report on the neighbourhood research mentoring project August 2023-June 2024. Project Report. Play Wales and Ludicology, Cardiff.

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Abstract

Key points: The project, funded by the University of Gloucestershire, piloted a mentoring package supporting staff in two local authorities in Wales to carry out neighbourhood level research into children’s opportunities for play and to draw up action plans from that research, as a part of their role in the Play Sufficiency Duty. The full mentoring package was delivered successfully in both local authorities. It worked very well, mostly due to the expertise and responsiveness of both the mentors and local authority participants, and the resources shared. Key issues that arose during discussions were aligned with the conceptual tools developed in previous research studies into the Play Sufficiency Duty, namely collective wisdom (acknowledging different ways of knowing about local space from children, residents, activists and professionals); spatial (in)justice (children’s constrained access to land for playing); account-ability and response-ability (developing authentic and ethical ways of accounting for the use of space and responses to injustices). The project has engaged in discussions on several issues including local authority staff as researchers, the messiness of real world research and working with communities, and a deep reflection on dynamic research ethics in a local authority context.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	children's play Play Sufficiency Hyperlocal research
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Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government K Law > KD England and Wales
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science
Depositing User:	Wendy Russell
Date Deposited:	17 Sep 2024 10:43
Last Modified:	17 Sep 2024 10:46
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14364

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