For England to be a child-friendly country where all children and young people have freedom to play at home, at school, in parks and public spaces.
All children and young people have freedom — time, space, permission and opportunity — to play
All children and young people can regularly play indoors and outdoors
Everyone is aware of the importance of play
Play England AGM, Monday 6th November 2023 at 3pm
All Play England members are cordially invited to the Play England Annual General Meeting via teams.
Register for the event here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1fc97bab-f046-4a53-835f-67033960d349@46ab4ac8-0321-4312-b0af-c1a35bb5f467
This is an opportunity for members to gather and to reflect on our work towards England being a country where everybody can fully enjoy their right to play throughout their childhood and teenage years.
We are excited to be joined by Meghan Talarowski who is the founder and executive director of Studio Ludo. She has degrees in architecture and landscape architecture, is a certified playground safety inspector, and a licensed landscape architect. Her research focuses on how the design of play environments impacts physical health and social behavior, and has been presented at conferences worldwide. To date, she has collected data on over 60,000 people in 100 play environments around the world. This research informs all of her play designs. She has been designing play environments across the US for over 15 years. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, Curbed, Dwell, Popular Science, Next City, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and World Landscape Architecture Magazine.
The AGM will take the form of a webinar and there will be some brief presentations followed by the opportunity for questions. We expect to record the webinar for those who cannot be present on the day. If you would like a proxy vote, please complete the form and email info@playengland.org.uk
Agenda for the AGM:
Welcome from Chair of Trustees, Anita Grant
Apologies for absence
Notification of proxy votes
Approval of Minutes of 2022 AGM
Matters arising from the Minutes
Adoption of Annual Report
Adoption of Accounts
Appointment of Independent Financial Examiner
Election of Trustees
Any Other AGM Business
Presentation from Meghan Talarowski
Minutes from the 2022 AGM can be downloaded here
The Trustee’s Report for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 can be downloaded here
If you are not already a member of Play England you can join via our website.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Trends in Children's Street Play
This report provides an overview of results from the PlayDay 2022 survey, conducted by Play England in partnership with Save the Children. The survey questions aligned with a previous survey conducted by Play England in 2013.
The report shows how children regularly playing out in their street has declined dramatically over the past 70+ years. Importantly it also demonstrates that regularly playing out is associated with better wellbeing during childhood, as well as better mental health into adulthood. The survey results show that children want to spend more time in the area where they live, and that the proportion of children saying this has increased significantly since the 2013 survey was conducted.
Overall, the report presents a dire picture of declining outdoor play close to home and a society where parents are made to worry about their children making noise outside in case it upsets the neighbours. Children want to spend more time in their local area but are frequently being given the message that they, and their play, are not welcome.
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