The letter, which is being sent to 300 election candidates, highlights the barriers that prevent children from playing outdoors, and calls for the next Government to pledge to improve the spaces where families live to support community play.
It also rejects assertions made by the leader of UKIP Nigel Farage that children no longer play football in the streets because immigration has divided communities.
Behind the letter is Adrian Voce, member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood, and Penny Wilson, play development worker for the Play Association Tower Hamlets.
Among the 100 plus signatories are independent researcher, writer and consultant Tim Gill and Melian Mansfield, chair of organisation London Play.
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