Our
Charter

A CHARTER FOR PLAYING FIELDS IN LONDON

We believe that sport can transform lives and to achieve this we need to ensure those places where it is played are protected and fully used.

PROTECT

• Use the planning system to protect against the loss of playing field sites at risk from development.
• Establish a continuously updated Fields at Risk Register for London.
• Encourage local authority planning departments to adopt housing policies that do not result in a net loss of sports pitches.
• Advocate that each local authority has a robust and up to date assessment of the needs and opportunities for playing fields in their area as part of their local plan
• Work with DfE to ensure there is no reduction in school sports pitch provision in London.

PROmote

• Promote the wider health and social benefits of well managed playing fields.
• Inspire an increase participation in sport and physical activity through better utilisation of playing fields and artificial turf pitches.
• Adopt a strategic pan London approach to sports pitch provision recognising inequality of access between inner and outer London boroughs and the demand for facilities by users crossing borough boundaries.
• Raise the awareness of funding opportunities relating to playing fields and their improvement.

PROvide

• Improve and sustain the quality of existing sports pitches for present and future generations of Londoners.
• Create a single city-wide hub for playing fields information in London to improve the awareness of where sites are located, who uses them and how often.
• Offer support to those seeking to invest in playing field improvements.

A PLACE TO PLAY SPORT FOREVER

What you can do

Sign up below to support the Charter. By adding your name to our list of Playing Fields Champions, you’ll recognise the contribution playing fields make to improving lives.

CONTACT US if you want to explore how you can support our work providing a place to play sport forever.