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Love Outdoor Play

Play England’s Love Outdoor Play campaign is calling on everyone to Love Outdoor Play in whatever way they can.

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Play map

Visit our interactive map to find great places to play. Add your own too and help more families have everyday adventures outdoors.

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Quality in Play

The quality assurance scheme for out-of-school play and childcare provision: Quality in Play aims to raise the standards of staffed play provision across the country.

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Playday

Playday, the national day for play, is on the first Wednesday of every August. On Playday, thousands of children, young people and communities get out to play at hundreds of locally organised events across the UK.

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Giving communities the inspiration and resources to enable them to develop, manage and sustain the places where their children play.

The first Wednesday in August is Playday, the national day for play, when hundreds of communities get out to celebrate at local play events...

The only quality assurance system developed by playwork practitioners for staffed, school-age play and childcare provision.

Play England works with local areas and communities to support adventure playgrounds.

Play England works to support the delivery of quality play opportunities within schools and children’s services.

The Active Play in Early Years project provides training to support the increase of active play opportunities within early years settings.

Play England’s Love Outdoor Play campaign is calling on everyone to Love Outdoor Play in whatever way they can.

Visit our interactive map to find great places to play. Add your own too and help more families have everyday adventures outdoors.

Our Exploring Nature Play project is helping children to explore and become more aware of nature and the opportunities for play it provides.

The Get Involved in Play programme is a unique project that aims to increase the number of volunteers in support of children’s play.

Children's Play Information Service (CPIS)
CPIS is the national library and information service on children's play. It is part of the NCB Library and Information Service and is funded by DfE and the Big Lottery Fund through Play England.

Play England is not responsible for the content of external websites

Children's Play Update May
Thursday 10 May 2012

Children's Play Update is a monthly newsletter for the play sector with a round up of news, policy, information and events related to children's play.
Children's Play Update April
Tuesday 24 April 2012

Children's Play Update is a monthly newsletter for the play sector with a round up of news, policy, information and events related to children's play.

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