The International Play Association (IPA) has published a report of its work to support access to play opportunities for children living in crisis. Adrian Voce reports
The IPA World Conference in Istanbul 2014 agreed to undertake...Read more
On 31 May 2017, the national play advocacy body, A Chance to Play Southern Africa (ACTPSA) launched its new campaigning document, The Child’s Right to Play: a policy brief for South Africa, in Johannesburg. Adrian Voce reports on...Read more
In this second extract from his evaluation report of the Community Play Programme in Tower Hamlets, Tim Gill finds that, despite the absence of national play policy, the local play association was able to address the current public...Read more
The UK-based charity, Pop-Up Adventure Play has announced that it is heading to Canada for a series of workshops and play support sessions ahead of this September’s Triennial world conference of the International Play Association...Read more
How can advocates and practitioners support children’s play where there is no dedicated space for it, and the wider environment may seem hostile or unfriendly to them? In these edited extracts from his evaluation report,...Read more
Increasing the physical activity levels of American children would save trillions of dollars in healthcare costs and increased productivity, reveals a new study. Adrian Voce reports.
A new study of the long-term impact of inadequate physical...Read more
Play Wales has published its Manifesto for Children’s Play ahead of the UK general election on 8 June. Adrian Voce casts his eye over it.
The national play advocacy body, Play Wales has this week published...Read more
The UN (2016) has been clear – and a range of evidence confirms – that the UK government needs to commit to doing more for children’s play. This should include: protecting play space through a...Read more
With policy and funding for children around the world ever more narrowly focused on their formal education, often at the expense even of school playgrounds, Victoria Derr looks at a project that supports local communities to redress...Read more
A new project in the heart of New York City is demonstrating that the mainly European tradition of adventure playgrounds, currently facing big challenges in the UK and elsewhere, as austerity bites, have enduring popularity wherever there are...Read more
Playtime, a one-day symposium, linked to the Playground Project, a touring exhibition on the history of children’s playgrounds, will be held in the Republic of Ireland town of Carlow on 4 May.
VISUAL, the multi-disciplinary centre for...Read more
In his recent blog, Tim Gill hails the freely-available online release of an abbreviated version of Erin Davis’ film about the The Land, an adventure playground in North Wales, for its vivid depiction of the magical messiness...Read more
A free online tool, developed by the University of British Columbia, to encourage parents to allow their children to take part in ‘risky’ outdoor play is now live. Adrian Voce reports.
A tool to encourage and...Read more
A unique 50-year old playground in Guadalajara, Mexico is under threat of closure. Playgroundology’s Alex Smith thinks this would be a tragedy, and here describes the campaign to keep it open.
Public playspaces are joyful places. They’re filled with laughter,...Read more
The writer and child friendly city advocate, Tim Gill has accused the UK’s public service broadcaster, the BBC of misleading its audience in the way it has reported what it calls a ‘claims culture’ in British...Read more
The importance of play to children’s learning, development and physical activity is regularly cited as a reason to provide more opportunities for it. Adrian Voce suggests it may be even more fundamental than that, and...Read more
