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Consultation outcome

'Know Ball Games in Westminster' consultation

Original consultation

The 'Know Ball Games in Westminster’ pilot scheme aims to work with communities to strengthen a culture of play, physical activity, leisure, and sport across housing estates, parks, and open spaces by removing prohibitive play signage. 

Consultation description

We believe that participation in play, physical activity, leisure, sport, and play can be truly transformative, inclusive, and inherently positive. Being active and healthy goes hand in hand with an improved quality of life.  

The aim of 'Know Ball Games in Westminster' is to remove the 'No Ball Games' signs in a selection of housing estates and parks and open spaces and replace them with a new culture which encourages everyone to use the space for play and be physically active. 

The pilot scheme will be delivered across two stages, consultation and pilot. There will be three key consultation phases which will include drop-in sessions, an online survey and community meetings around the following housing estates and parks chosen for the pilot: 

Housing pilot areas

We have identified three areas for the pilot scheme:

  • Queens Park Estate and Court 
  • Hallfield Estate 
  • Churchill Gardens Estate 

Drop-in sessions

The first phase of the consultation starts during the week commencing the 21 June with the following Housing Estates drop-in sessions: 

Queens Park Court 

Tuesday 20 June 5pm to 7pm, Queens Park Court Hall, Droop Street, W10 4QB 

Thursday 22 June 2pm to 4pm, St Jude’s Hall, 71 Ilbert Street, W10 4QH 

Churchill Gardens 

Tuesday 27 June 5pm to 7pm, South Area Service Centre, 137 Lupus Street, SW1V 3HE 

Thursday 29 June 10am to 12 noon, Churchill Gardens Hall, Churchill Gardens Road, SW1V 3AG 

Hallfield Estate 

Monday 3 July evening 5pm to 7pm, West Area Service Centre, 155 Westbourne Terrace, W2 6JX 

Thursday 6 July morning 10am to midday, Pickering Hall, Pickering House, W2 6HF 

For more information please visit Active Westminster.

If you have any further questions about the consultation, please email them to [email protected]

Have your say

Have your say on the Know Ball Games pilot

Published: 15 March 2023

Last updated: 27 June 2023