Topic: Play policy

Parties for Play?

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

23-05-2017|Comment|author: Adrian Voce

UN slams UK Government for lack of policy, planning and investment in play

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is highly critical of the UK Government’s recent record on children’s play, in a new report published this week. The advance (unedited) report of the...Read more

13-06-2016|Comment|author: Adrian Voce

Members of UK Parliament puts play at the heart of proposed child health strategy

The UK All Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood launched its long-awaited report on children’s play on 13 October 2015, calling for a wide-ranging series of policy measures to promote and support...Read more

15-10-2015|Comment|author: Adrian Voce

Policy for Play book scheduled for 28 October publication

Policy for Play – responding to children’s forgotten right by Adrian Voce, is to be published by Policy Press on 28 October 2015. Examining government responsibilities for children’s play under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child...Read more

08-10-2015|Comment|author: Adrian Voce