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

22/10/2025

21/10/2025

16/10/2025

After an incredible 25 years of dedication, Director Tanny Stobart is leaving Play Torbay as of 31st December 2025. During her remarkable tenure, Tanny has built a truly wonderful organisation, working with hundreds of young people and their families, and creating opportunities that will have a lasting impact across our community. Read more here:
https://www.playtorbay.org.uk/playtorbay-blogs/25-years-of-play-torbay

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