Happy International Day of Play! Why does play matter to you? This short film captures many ideas about the value of play from people at our conference last year. (🔊Sound on). What would you add? #IDOP2024

It’s here! The first ever International Day of Play being celebrated around the world! #InternationalDayofPlay We are at Stormont this morning to kick off the day. PlayBoard NI

‘The importance of risky play (& the 17-second rule)’ - @ActiveForLife activeforlife.com/17-second-rule… Risky play is any type of play that is exciting and challenging, that might involve some risk-taking or chance of injury. It’s the type of play that tests a child’s limits and

🎉 Three weeks to go until we celebrate #Playday2024 on 7 August! If you are planning an event in Wales and would like to share it on our Playful Childhoods website, please get in touch at: [email protected] . . #PlayAndCulture #Playday

👏'Figuring out how to make towns & cities better is hard, but bringing young people into that thinking helps build a strong, long-term vision & focus on a collective response.' Tim Gill 📽️View the session recordings from our #DevelopingWell conference: tcpa.org.uk/collection/dev…

There's only 2 weeks left until #Playday2024 takes place! 🥏 Have you signed up via our event registration form on the website? We would love to see what you have planned! 🎉 Sign up below! ⬇ 🎈 playscotland.org/register-your-… #PlayAndCulture

Great to get the campaign for Play Sifficiency legislation on Breakfast news - well done Play England.

What would be best - Play Sufficiency legislation - (a policy ask which doesn’t need funding ???) - Play England or a new National Play Strategy - Children’s Alliance ?

Access to play allows children and their families to have a better experience of healthcare. It can reduce stress, turn a scary environment into an adventure, and help increase a child's autonomy over their treatment. ⭐ 👉 Access support for families: ow.ly/Zz5h50SMwHE

Not long to go! It's just 1️⃣ week to #Playday2024! This Playday, we are calling on everyone – families, playworkers & all those who work with children across the UK, to join together to foster a culture of supporting play. Play is every child’s right – on Playday & every day.

"...allowing kids to play out in the open has helped residents reclaim something they didn’t know they were missing: the ability to connect with the people living closest to them." Great article featuring our friends Playing Out theatlantic.com/family/archive….

Very sad news. Tapping into alternative education funding is a great idea as is working together as a consortium. Really hope you are successful with your endeavours to save Leicesters adventure playgrounds. Could DCMS fund a pilot consortium project ? theguardian.com/environment/ar…

The latest @childrenssociety #goodchildhood report makes depressing reading. It is worth a close look, as it is a detailed, robust and revealing dataset on UK children, with international comparisons & trend data going back to 2010. 1/n childrenssociety.org.uk/information/pr…

Labour Party Lots more to comment on (including the role of poverty and disadvantage, and health and physical activity). But I will finish by noting that 1 of the 6 recs is "let children play." 6/n Good work The Children's Society

Mythical beasts of Wales/Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #cymru #mythical #indywales

Out today! A new title in the Froebel Trust pamphlet series - designed for educators working with young children in early years settings and schools. FREE to download & share at: froebel.org.uk/training-and-r… #earlyyears #eyfs #earlychildhoodeducation #Froebel #play #education

Access to play has reduced greatly over recent years and there are very real concerns over the dominance of social media in children's lives. Including a Play Strategy in this Bill would be a cost-effective way to reflect the wants and needs of children in the community. 3/3

Disappointing that Playwork and Adventure Playgrounds didn’t get much of a mention.

Great work London Play