Play
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 Albion Kids Show a mobile play resource based in the London Borough of Hackney where children aged between 0-18 can learn through safe, exciting, stimulating and imaginative activities |
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A Real Part to Play A resource pack for involving young people in community regeneration |
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Association of Play Industries API is the lead trade body in the play sector and represents the interestsof manufacturers, installers, designers and distributors of both outdoorand indoor play equipment and safer surfacing. |
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Association for Play Therapy The Association's mission is to promote the value of play, play therapy, and credentialed play therapists |
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Caring for Under 3s - Play A report by Julia Manning Morton. |
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CABE Space Children and young people need space away from their homes where they can socialise with their peers. |
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Charter for Children's Play Resources to help you raise awareness of the importance of play for children |
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Design for Play A guide to creating successful play spaces. |
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Children's Play Information Service The Children's Play Information Service (CPIS) is a national information service on children’s play, part of NCB’s Library & Information Service. |
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Developing Accessible Play Space: A Good Practice Guide Based on consultation with disabled children, young people, their parents and caregivers, campaigners, playground amenities officers, equipment manufacturers, planners, play providers, and policy makers this guide aims to help all those with an interest in developing accessible play space. |
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Designing and Planning for Play This briefing from CABE Space highlights best practice in design andstrategy and urges greater use of creative, natural play spaces. |
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Fair Play for Children Fair Play for Children exists to promote understanding and action on the Child's Right to Play |
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Fields in Trust Protecting and improving playing fields is the core work of Fields in Trust, formerly The National Playing Fields Association |
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Free Play Network The Free Play Network is a network of individuals and organisations, which aims to promote the need for better play opportunities for children. |
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Getting Serious About Play Children's Play Review: Feedback to children and young people. |
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Groundwork Building sustainable communities in areas of need through joint environmental action |
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Ideas for the Kids The most comprehensive free online source of places to go and things to do with your kids in the UK |
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Home Zones Home Zones are an attempt to strike a balance between vehicular traffic and everyone else who uses the street, the pedestrians, cyclists, business people and residents. |
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Kids KIDS vision is a world in which all Disabled children and young people realise their aspirations and their right to an inclusive community which supports them and their families. |
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Inclusion of Disabled Children in Primary School Playgrounds This book identifies organisational, social and physical barriers to disabled children's inclusion in playgrounds and suggests ways to overcome these barriers in the future, as well as examining examples of good practice. |
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KIDS Playwork Inclusion Project Playwork Inclusion Project (PIP) offers strategic development, information and guidance to authorities and settings on inclusive play and childcare |
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Inclusion by Design 'Inclusion by Design' looks at designing accessible and inclusive playsettings. |
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Italian Playbus Association |
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It's All About Play Play is critically important to children's development, healthy growth, well-being, creativity and ability to learn - Early Childhood Forum 2008. |
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International Play Association (UK) The national branch of a worldwide organisation whose mission is to promote, protect and preserve the child's right to play |
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London Play London Play's aim is for every child in London to have high quality, accessible & inclusive play opportunities |
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Learning Through Landscapes Early years vision and values for outdoor play. |
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Manchester Play Manchester Play is responsible for the strategic planning, support and delivery of open access play services throughout the City |
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Making of Me “Creativity is vital in shaping our futures… families are fundamental in developing it” - a report by Jen Lexmond & Shelagh Wright in October 2009 |
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National Association of Hospital Play Staff The object of the charity is to promote the physical and mental well being of children and young people who are patients in hospital, hospice or receiving medical care at home |
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National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries Our mission is to create and support high quality play opportunities, with our members, throughout the UK |
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Manchester Young Lives - Parktastic Project Parktastic is a Manchester wide play programme that is funded by Manchester’s grant from the BIG Lottery Children’s Play Initiative. Manchester Young Lives will be delivering the Parktastic programmes in three of the city’s six districts - Central West, Central East and Wythenshawe |
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National Children's Bureau: More Than Swings and Roundabouts This colourful book highlights the play needs and wishes of children and young people themselves and calls for action from a wide range of professionals. |
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National Children's Bureau: Children's Play Information Service A national information service on children's play, part of the National Children's Bureau library. |
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National Children's Bureau: Making the Case for Play This book is based on evidence about the role and importance of play and play provision to children, their families and carers, and the wider community. It contains case studies showing the ways that existing government initiatives have engaged with play and play provision. |
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National Playbus Association Based in Bristol and Edinburgh, National Playbus Association is the umbrella organisation supporting mobile community work across the United Kingdom |
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Newcastle and North Staffs Play Council Newcastle & North Staffs Play Council is a registered charity promoting play as an educational, recreational and social activity for all children, including specific needs, aged from birth to fourteen years across North Staffordshire |
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Neighbourhood Play Toolkit The Children’s Play Council, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Housing Corporation, has developed and piloted a practical and comprehensive set of resources for improving public neighbourhood play spaces and services for children and young people. |
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Pathfinder Adventure Playground Briefing Paper Play England has produced a short briefing on adventure playgrounds setting out the main principles and essential elements of this unique form of play provision, as defined within the play pathfinder programme. |
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Play at School Report on a PLAYLINK project with three primary schools. Raisesgeneral points about organisational change and ways in which thesechanges can affect play outcomes. A good background reference forthose designers wishing to have an initial overview of the major issues.(Featured on PLAYLINKS wesbite |
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Play Ireland - Sugradh Ireland Celebrating the child's right to play |
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Playboard PlayBoard is the lead agency for children and young people's play in Northern Ireland, working to improve the quality of children's lives by increasing their opportunity to play |
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Play Play looks at all aspects of play and examines the role of all Government Departments. |
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Peaceful Playgrounds The purpose of the Peaceful Playground Program is to introduce children and school staff to the many choices of activities available on playgrounds and field areas |
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Play Education PlayEducation has provided state of the art play and playwork training and education for playworkers, childcare and early years workers, environmentalists, scientific professionals, architects and parents in locations as diverse as Northern Ireland, Japan, Wales, USA, Scotland, Argentina, England, Australia, the Republic of Ireland and Portugal |
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Play, Participation, Potential This publication contains three essays on the themes of play, potentialand participation. |
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Play in Schools For people who are passionate about putting play back into the playground! |
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Playground Partnerships An award winning educational project offering funding to enhance children's play opportunities |
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Playground Ideas A great collection of images from a group constructing playgrounds in various locations using eg car tyres etc |
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Play England An alliance of national and regional voluntary organisations, local authorities and partnerships researching and promoting children's play in England since 1988 |
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Play England - Nature Play: Maintenance Guide This guidance aims to support those responsible for developing, delivering and maintaining innovative natural play spaces into parks and play spaces. |
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Playday On Playday each year, thousands of children, young people and communities got out to play at hundreds of locally organised events across the UK. |
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Playing Outdoors: Spaces and Places, Risk and Challenge A new publication by Helen Tovey of the early Childhood Research Centre at Roehampton University. This book offers a clear rationale for why outdoor play is essential in young children's lives and learning. It asks fundamental questions about what sort of environments we want for young children, as well as examining controversial issues of risk and safety. ISBN: 9780335216413 |
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Play Naturally A review of children's natural play |
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Play Good Childhood Inquiry The Good Childhood Inquiry - Evidence submitted by Play England, November 2006 - Lisa Davis |
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Play in Culture Incorporating play in cultural strategies. |
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Play for a Change Play for a change, completed in October 2007, illustrates substantial and wide-ranging evidence of the importance of play in the lives of children. |
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Playing in Parallel Written by Haki Kapasi and published by London Play. Copies can be ordered from London Play, Units F6 and F7, 89/93 Fonthill Road, London N4 3JH, Tel: 020 7272 2464 Fax: 020 7272 7670, Email: enquiries@londonplay.org.uk |
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Playlink Playlink works with local authorities and cross-sectoral partnerships on play policy, strategy and implementation |
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Play Scotland Play Scotland is the lead organisation promoting the importance of play in the development of all our children and young people |
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Playground Fun A learning tool for use at home or in the classroom with articles and teaching materials. |
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Play Therapy for Children Children who have experienced considerable change in their lives or who have survived traumatic events need to express and understand their feelings. Through the therapeutic use of play, children are given the opportunity to express their feelings naturally, and safely, thus enabling the healing process to begin |
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Playwork Partnerships Playwork Partnership is best described as a 'networking organisation'. |
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Playworkers This community is a useful resource to for all people working with children at play, both in the UK and internationally |
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Play Wales We are a charity that provides advice, support and guidance for all those in Wales who have a concern or responsibility for any environment where children and young people might play. |
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Portable Pixel Playground An adventure in technology |
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Public Space Lessons - Designing and Planning for Play This briefing from CABE Space highlights best practice in design and strategy and urges greater use of creative, natural play spaces. |
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Risk and Play: A Literature Review The literature review accompanies research carried out for Playday which aims to give children the opportunity to experience moreadventurous and challenging forms of play and risk taking. Thisdocument may be useful at initial design stage when determining thetypes of experiences offered in play settings. |
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Right to Play Right To Play uses specially-designed sport and play programmes to improve health, build life skills, and foster peace for children and communities affected by war, poverty and disease |
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RoSPA - Play Safety The Play Safety site of RoSPA provides information on playground management and the safety of indoor and outdoor play areas |
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Reimagining Outdoor Learning Spaces This Futurelab handbook is aimed primarily at education leaders involved in the redesign of educational learning spaces, through initiatives such as the Primary Capital Programme (PCP) and other learning space design initiatives. |
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SkillsActive If you are involved in the Playwork SVQ and NVQ process, this is the place to find out about assessment, current issues and developments and find answers to your questions |
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Somergrove Community Project and Adventure Playground The main aim of this case study is to demonstrate how children, young people and families were engaged in planning play strategies and developing out-of-school provision in their local community. It highlights the importance of children's play in contributing to the full range of ECM outcomes. |
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Solidarity Sports Connecting communities through sport |
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Stockholm International Toy Research Centre A research center at Halmstad University with the aim of establishing a foundation of multiple research on toys and educational media |
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Sure Start: A Design Guide The Design Guide focuses on advice for anyone involved in designing an integrated centre for children and families, with information onregulations and recommendations and includes a range of detailedcase studies and illustrations, some of which include outdoor playprovision. |
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To Learn School Playground Design Ask Teacher Following their very popular book, Listening to Young Children, the authors adapt the Mosaic approach to working with children in planning outdoor space in early years settings. Professionals learn various techniques that can be used to build a picture of what children think about their environment and then inform planning. |
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The Association for the Study of Play TASP is a multidisciplinary organization whose purpose is to promote the study of play, to support and cooperate with other organizations having similar purposes, and to organize meetings and publications that facilitate the sharing and dissemination of information related to the study of play |
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Time for Play: Encouraging Greater Play Opportunities for Children and Young People This publication sets out current and future work on children's play, and on how government sees work on play progressing. |
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