Play England was preceded by the Children’s Play Council (CPC).
The CPC, which was founded in 1988, was an alliance of national and regional voluntary organisations, local authorities and partnerships promoting children's right to play and the development of play provision in England.
In 2006, the council secured the £15 million grant for the National Children's Bureau from the Big Lottery Fund to establish Play England. Since then, all of the council's work, research, publications and communications have been under the name of Play England.
Play England is part of NCB and is supported by the Big Lottery Fund.
'Play is what I do when everyone else stops telling me what to do.'
Meera, aged 10