Last summer 4,500 people took part in play activities, 80 people shared their memories of play, and 450 new ‘playlaws’ were suggested. One person who shared their memories of play in Cambridge was Mary, who used to play in the Cattle Market at what is now Cambridge Leisure.

Plaques across city demand people play bbc.in/3zIWiWz

This PlayLaw is wonderful, in a world where spaces are designed to stop young people loitering & this is just a part of being young. Us older folk took loitering for granted. Better, it's in a space where young folk love to loiter. Wonderful stuff ThePlaylaws Cambridge Junction

Over the weekend we had the pleasure of visiting the new Cam Skate Indoor Park and meeting the co-founders. One of our 10.6 Plaques is 'Can you do a 360degree flip'? Watch Joe Lewis in action cambridgeplaylaws.fun/playmap/plaque…

This wonderful initiative by Cambridge City Council @theplaylaws is a reminder of what George Bernard Shaw reminded us “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

No Playlaws, as yet, saying 'every public space should have giant ball runs' but it can only be a matter of time before people see sense...#CambridgePlaylaws Pics by Claire Haigh

This is such an epic pic of Donna from last weekends ThePlaylaws launch

News in brief: troublesome teens and playful plaques buff.ly/3zKyIZC

This article about enjoying the playful benefits of mud made me think about one of the ThePlaylaws suggested by 2 year old Harry last year. theguardian.com/society/2024/o… Neil Coleman OPAL Mentor Harriet Grant Cambridge City Council

A symbolic act may be to remove No Ball Games signs. How about replacing with locally suggested alternatives? Like ‘Jumpers for Goalposts’ as suggested by resident Owen. Now a real plaque with QR code on Parker’s Piece, Cambridge cambridgeplaylaws.fun/playmap/plaque… ThePlaylaws

Dave McPartlin Harry aged 2 would agree! ThePlaylaws (The dog isn’t called Harry as far as we know) cambridgeplaylaws.fun/playmap/plaque…

One of the artists involved in the Cambridge Playlaws is Pippa Hale, she's been busy in Leeds in the last week too, with the launch of a major new public art sculpture 'Ribbons' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The work we have been doing in Cambridge (ThePlaylaws), Leeds and specifically Harehills with Nesta & Leeds City Council is cited in this post from Nesta

I appreciated Anne Longfield’s really excellent answer to my question in a committee meeting today about the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Play sufficiency and a national play strategy would be superb first steps towards improving our playgrounds.

Paul Lindley OBE Tom Hayes MP Anne Longfield Centre for Young Lives Eugene Minogue Playing Out Alice Ferguson Dr Naomi Lott Play England have you seen the cambridgeplaylaws.fun @theplaylaws - very much about taking S106 contributions and turning byelaws into co-created Play Laws in a designated S106 zone in central Cambs

cambridge.gov.uk/news/2024/10/0… Demanding Playlaws indeed