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  Newsround kids help improve hangouts
Updated 27 March 2003, 15.43
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The places where you hang out could be getting a makeover thanks to what kids told this website.

In February we wrote a story about how the government had set aside loads of National Lottery cash to improve parks, playgrounds and youth clubs.


To make sure the money went where it was needed the politicians wanted to know how you lot thought the cash should be spent.

Newsround helped by doing a survey to ask kids how the money should be used.

Over 2,000 of you answered it, and these are some of the things you said:

Adult helpers

We were surprised when four out of five of you said it would be useful to have adult helpers at the places you go to. We thought you'd want to get away from adults.

Hassle from older kids

23% wanted to go karting
23% wanted to go karting
Older kids causing trouble was one of the biggest problems about the places where you hang out at the moment. Maybe that's why you wanted some adults around.

But the biggest problem about the places you already go was that 40% of you said they were just plain boring.

SK8 power

When we asked you if the money should go on building new stuff or doing up what's there already you definitely wanted new places.


The thing you most wanted to have built in your area was a skate park, nearly one third of you wanted this.

The second most popular choice for this question was a youth cafe.

Your results have been passed to the government's researchers. They will read them carefully and add your ideas to a report that goes to the Department of Culture, Media & Sport.

Culture secretary Tessa Jowell will announce where the money will go later this year.

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