Adventure playgrounds in the second wave Survey

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* 1. What type of organisation runs your playground?

Local authority

Independent charity

Community interest company

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Is your playground planning to be open (for children's play) during the second national lockdown (between Nov 5th and Dec 2nd?)

Yes - fully open

Yes - reduced services

What else can you tell us?

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* 3. Which of the following activities have you carried out during or since the summer holidays? Please select all that apply.

Open for outdoor play only

Open for indoor and outdoor play

Operated a pre-booking system for children attending the playground

Carried out playground maintenance

Written funding bids

Maintained remote communications with service users

Provided remote support to service users

Provided childcare for key workers

Distributed food to people in need

We have not carried out any activities

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How have you adapted your services to the requirements for maintaining social distancing and/or reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission?

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* 5. If you have been open for play, how have the new restrictions affected children?

	Yes	No	Don't know	N/A
Children are playing differently than before	Children are playing differently than before Yes	Children are playing differently than before No	Children are playing differently than before Don't know	Children are playing differently than before N/A
Children told us that they missed the playground during lockdown	Children told us that they missed the playground during lockdown Yes	Children told us that they missed the playground during lockdown No	Children told us that they missed the playground during lockdown Don't know	Children told us that they missed the playground during lockdown N/A
Limits on group sizes have meant we are regularly excluding some children	Limits on group sizes have meant we are regularly excluding some children Yes	Limits on group sizes have meant we are regularly excluding some children No	Limits on group sizes have meant we are regularly excluding some children Don't know	Limits on group sizes have meant we are regularly excluding some children N/A
We have noticed a decline in children's mental wellbeing	We have noticed a decline in children's mental wellbeing Yes	We have noticed a decline in children's mental wellbeing No	We have noticed a decline in children's mental wellbeing Don't know	We have noticed a decline in children's mental wellbeing N/A
We have noticed a decline in children's social skills	We have noticed a decline in children's social skills Yes	We have noticed a decline in children's social skills No	We have noticed a decline in children's social skills Don't know	We have noticed a decline in children's social skills N/A
We have noticed a decline in children's confidence	We have noticed a decline in children's confidence Yes	We have noticed a decline in children's confidence No	We have noticed a decline in children's confidence Don't know	We have noticed a decline in children's confidence N/A
We have noticed that children are coming in hungry more often	We have noticed that children are coming in hungry more often Yes	We have noticed that children are coming in hungry more often No	We have noticed that children are coming in hungry more often Don't know	We have noticed that children are coming in hungry more often N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If you have not reopened since the pandemic started, why not?

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* 7. What type of support might be useful to help your playground organisation to continue dealing with the ongoing pandemic? Select all that apply.

Access to information, advice/best practice and guidance on adapting operations

Ability to communicate directly and collectively with other adventure playground workers

Training for play workers on new ways of working

Play ideas for post lock down openings or remote services

London Play hosted online meetings for adventure play workers

Dedicated online web forum for adventure play workers

Help with fundraising

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What has the impact of the coronavirus been on your playground organisation? Please select all that apply and elaborate if necessary in the comment box.

We have lost a significant proportion of our funding

We have attracted additional funding

We have laid off permanent staff

We have laid off sessional workers

We currently have staff on furlough

We are delivering existing services with adaptations

We are delivering new services

We have been unable to open since the pandemic hit

Other (please specify)

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* 9. London Play has several opportunities for adventure playgrounds over the coming months. Please indicate below if you are interested in hearing more.

My playground would be interested in being a distributor of FREE emergency play parcels to children in need this December.

My playground would be interested in collaborating with London Play to build a new structure to provide additional shelter for winter play sessions (at no cost to us).

We would be interested in trying out and providing feedback on London Play's new dedicated adventure playground website in advance of its launch.

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* 10. If you have indicated interest in any London Play projects above, or would like to be entered into the gift voucher prize draw, please provide contact details here.

Your name

Adventure playground name(s)

Local authority

Email Address

Phone Number

Adventure playgrounds in the second wave

Help us to help you - survey for London adventure playgrounds

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* 1. What type of organisation runs your playground?

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* 2. Is your playground planning to be open (for children's play) during the second national lockdown (between Nov 5th and Dec 2nd?)

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* 3. Which of the following activities have you carried out during or since the summer holidays? Please select all that apply.

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* 4. How have you adapted your services to the requirements for maintaining social distancing and/or reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission?

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* 5. If you have been open for play, how have the new restrictions affected children?

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* 6. If you have not reopened since the pandemic started, why not?

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* 7. What type of support might be useful to help your playground organisation to continue dealing with the ongoing pandemic? Select all that apply.

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* 8. What has the impact of the coronavirus been on your playground organisation? Please select all that apply and elaborate if necessary in the comment box.

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* 9. London Play has several opportunities for adventure playgrounds over the coming months. Please indicate below if you are interested in hearing more.

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* 10. If you have indicated interest in any London Play projects above, or would like to be entered into the gift voucher prize draw, please provide contact details here.