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Children playing outdoorsNew website gives direct support to local play campaigners
Play England has published a new online resource helping local communities to promote play where they live. The new website www.playfulcommunities.org.uk and update of the previous Neighbourhood Play Toolkit – provides information, advice and resources for individuals, local community groups, third sector organisations and others who are developing play provision in their local neighbourhood.




Children’s views on rights and responsibilities
This report by the Children’s Rights Director for England asked children and young people for their views on their rights and responsibilities. They also had to vote for the rights they saw as most important, including the right to be able to play and do enjoyable activities.

People Make Play – new research
Play England has published findings from research by Demos that shows how staffed play services, often run by the voluntary sector, are an increasingly vital element in the multi-agency approach to improving outcomes for children, families and communities; and are also thought to be more cost-effective than established statutory services. The report People Make Play, calls for more staffed play provision – adventure playgrounds, after-school play programmes and play ranger schemes in parks – because they successfully engage children and young people most at risk of offending or anti-social behaviour.


Current research on play
The list of ongoing and recently completed research projects on children's play has been updated and expanded.

Children's Play Update March 2010
The latest issue of the monthly e-newsletter poroduced by CPIS in coordination with Play England.

Play Abstracts and Play Conferences & Events March 2010
Play Abstracts provides information on new books, reports and journal articles on play, and Play Conferences & Events lists forthcoming play-related conferences.

Embedding the Play Strategy
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has published guidance to help local authority senior executives, strategic planners and their partners to improve local play offers by embedding everyday opportunities for healthy, active play within top-level strategies for children, communities and spatial planning.

TellUs4 survey results published
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)  has published the results of TellUs4, an online survey of over 250,000 young people aged 10-15 years about their lives, schools and local areas. The results were analysed to provide results for five National Indicators, including NI 199: Satisfaction with parks and play areas.









 




 




 






 

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