Fair Play for Children, The Child's Right to Play

11/10/2025

10/10/2025

Fair Play for Children asks Birmingham City Council searching Freedom of Information questions about its major cuts to youth provision
FPfC focuses on the City’s duties under Education legislation concerning ‘sufficiency’ of provision and consultation of young people. The answers have been given, however only after an internal review by the Council after our complaint to the Information Commissioner. Read FoI HERE

The Council has announced major cuts in the LEAs youth service provision - ref The Guardian 7/10/2024: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/07/shattering-effect-birmingham-youth-services-huge-cuts Such provision is governed under law by s508 and s507b of the 1996 Education Act as amended by....

30/09/2025

Here is a Birds Eye view of Meriden Adventure playground

Must say the photo is a bit old!

Ever done “mapping” at your playground?

My drawings are terrible so I didn’t do one!

but draw out your playground mention all the play equipment like swings, sand areas, mud kitchen etc and where they are and talk about what you saw/observed in that area good for reflective practice

You can also draw lines around where you saw a child playing going from one place to the other

20/09/2025

✨ Exciting news! We’ve launched a new cross-party MP group on Play 🎉

I’m honoured to be Chair, and we held our first meeting with the Minister responsible 🙌

Our mission? To champion play and push for real change that helps every child to thrive here in Bournemouth and around the country ⚽🎨

It all starts with PLAY! 🛝

19/09/2025

We’re proud to support amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill being put forward by Baroness Lister in the House of Lords today.
Over 120 organisations including the Children's Charities Coalition, which includes NCB, UNICEF UK, the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), Just for Kids Law and Save the Children UK have united to call for the government to make children’s rights a legal priority.
The two key amendments to the Bill would:
- Place a statutory duty on Ministers to consider children’s rights when exercising their functions relating to children’s wellbeing, social care or education
- Require Ministers to prepare and publish child rights impact assessments (CRIAs) for all legislation, policy or decisions affecting children’s wellbeing, social care or education.
📄 Read more: http://bit.ly/3VIROGF

20/06/2025

Fair Play for Children News is Changing.

We have been sourcing our news content mainly via Google Alerts but we have now changed to Google News which provides for daily update of all aspects of our service which you can find at our news website link below.

Revised Fair Play advice including draft proposal for update of current Legislation.     NOVEMBER 2024.   The proposals would work to ensure better compliance by Local Education Authorities with their Statutory Duties.

13/06/2025

Fair Play for Children News - Children's Play and Youth Work

13th June 2025: 68 Stories worldwide
including Children's Play, Sport, Arts, Recreation, Creativity, Cultural, Youth Work

including Children’s Play, Sport, Arts, Recreation, Creativity, Cultural, Youth Work

11/06/2025

Fair Play for Children News: Childhood - Research Paediatrics & Science

11th June 2025: 122 Articles, 19 Play-related

Fair Play for Children website: http://www.fairplay31.online/index.html

07/06/2025

Fair Play for Children News - Health Wellbeing and Education

7th June 2025: 86 Stories worldwide
includes Early Years Child-Care and Disability issues

includes Early Years Child-Care and Disability issues

01/06/2025

Fair Play for Children News - Children in the World & Society

1st June 2025: 135 Stories worldwide inc 9 video
including Child Labour, Child Soldiers, Children's Rights, Legal, Justice, Children and Gambling, Climate Change, Child Protection

including Child Labour, Child Soldiers, Children’s Rights, Legal, Justice, Children and Gambling, Climate Change, Child Protection

31/05/2025

including Children’s Play, Sport, Arts, Recreation, Creativity, Cultural, Youth Work