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After a street party you can keep the community spirit going throughout the year by organising a more regular Play Street event. About 16,000 street communities took the opportunity of the Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend in June. This is according to Playing Out who promote this great idea across the country. With all that warm feeling to your neighbours that is a great chance to create a chance for the children to play in their street with others once a week or month. Find out … [Read more...] about Street Parties to Play Streets

Many people will be thinking about making their street party a greener and waste free event. Street parties are normally quite green events. For starters you are all right outside your own door so you have nowhere to travel! Residents will have all sorts of ideas around this and so it is a dialogue which you can only push so far as people want. There are quite a lot of things that you can do around food and waste etc., but we suggest that you also focus efforts on some fun activities … [Read more...] about Greener Waste-Free Event

Sport England have given Playing Out charity some funding to support streets who want to play out but access to road closure kit is stopping it from happening! Click the link below to find out more or email for more info! Is a lack of road closure kit a barrier that stops your street from being a place to play? They have been given some funding to provide FREE kit - road closed signs, high viz, and even a lovely green 'Road open for play' sign - to people who want … [Read more...] about Kit for street play

The Street Party Site has joined other groups including Playing Out and the Big Lunch in asking the Government's Sec. of State for Transport to appeal to councils to follow the best practice on closing roads for street parties. At the same time we have asked for simplification on procedures for residents who want to organise regular play street events. This would be based on the current good practice developed by Playing Out with so far over 90 councils using Temporary Street Play … [Read more...] about Appeal to Govt. to make road closures easier

The big jubilee weekend 4/5th June will be a great chance to hold a street party to say hello to your neighbours after the Covid restrictions and to thank them and your community in any way. A lot has happened, with some good and some sad news, and there will be new neighbours to meet too. The street party formula is the same as ever in our Guide here. Here is the national promotion for Thankyou Day.   … [Read more...] about Big Thankyou and Hello Day 5th June

The Secretary of State for communities and local government, Michael Gove, has written to all Councils encouraging them to support street parties by 'for example relaxing road closure rules to enable them to take place as easily as possible' for residents. The Government published its updated basic guidance on how to organise a street party here. This refers residents and councils to this Street Party Site for detailed advice on everything including road closures and insurance which councils … [Read more...] about Easier Road Closures Encouraged by Government Minister

See our Guide to hold full street parties or smaller informal street meets over the Jubilee weekend, with all the tips and ideas that you need to meet up with your neighbours. Street parties will held for the the Queen's Platinum Jubilee over the extended weekend of 2nd to 5th June 2022, as tradition calls. Or if you miss the date you can hold one later in the year. The Government plans a special long weekend by moving the May Bank Holiday to Thursday 2nd June and an additional Bank … [Read more...] about Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2-5 June

Many street parties need a cheap Road Closed sign or 2 to close the street. We have started working with Banner Hub who make banners not from PVC and low emission inks, and which you can use again each street party. And easy to store rolled up. Costs are £25 or £34 according to size. See our Road Closures page.   … [Read more...] about New Road Closed Banner Signs Go Eco

Children's play has been the invisible casualty of the pandemic. It is time to let children reclaim the streets with a post-Covid world of parklets, play streets and repurposed parking spaces. Lockdown has seen an acceleration in what’s been happening to children for 50 years - the erosion of everyday freedoms. See this good summary article on street play Games and activities for physical distancing by Playing Out   … [Read more...] about Kids Play in Streets During Covid Lockdown

Street parties quickly come to mind when thinking and hoping for the lifting of Lockdown. We want to enjoy our freedoms with our neighbours and we are desparate to recover or build our community spirit. Start planning now with your neighbours for your summer event. Instead of a full street party you may want to hold a quick informal Street Meet with drinks and snacks, without a road closure in a garden, on a pavement, driveway or green space, and drink a toast with friends and … [Read more...] about Plan your Neighbours Event after Lockdown