Supporting every child in England's right to play
Some local authorities in England have started to close children’s playgrounds despite government guidance that is specific about keeping them open. Play England and a group of academics, scientists, play experts and charities have written the attached open letter calling on them to put the well being of children first. Read our letter here. Play …
Free Play England Webinar on the importance of playgrounds
Play and Coronavirus
My name is Keith Rogers and I manage Sycamore Adventure Playground in Dudley for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and I am also a trustee for Play England. Like adventure playgrounds across the world, Sycamore Adventure is currently closed. Before the end of March, we would have 60 children in the morning, a different set of …
PPE, virus, deaths today, masks, Nightingale Hospital, Critical Care, stay at home, respirators, coughs, clapping for the NHS, Lockdown, oxygen., overwhelming, wash your hands, Corona, mass graves, peaks and plateau, anti-body …………………………….what do children make of this, how might they react? For one thing, they are playing in doors, and while numbers of reported accidents …