I am sure that, in a more sympathetic world, they are very much the asks that we all would be making and they compliment the 4 asks. The sooner the new vehicle for Playwork is established, the better!
Proposals from the National Playwork Conference in Eastbourne show that the playwork sector has lost none of its ambition, or its fight
A special session at the National Playwork Conference in Eastbourne earlier this month has produced a clear and ambitious play policy agenda ahead of the General Election. Here is the text of a joint statement from the conference convenors and the steering group for a new vehicle for playwork:
“A General Comment from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2013[1]said that governments have an obligation under international law to ‘recognise, protect and fulfil’ children’s right to play, through appropriate legislation, planning and budgeting.
A recent research review of the impact of children’s play initiatives found that there is good evidence that they ‘lead to improved health outcomes for children, and are also linked to a range of other developmental benefits’ and…
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