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National Planning Policy Consultation: Playing Out’s response

Alice posted this in Active Travel, Children's play, health and wellbeing, Community, Street Space on 10/09/2024

The government is consulting on a major set of policies for planning in England, which will have huge…

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A manifesto for restoring children’s freedom and outdoor play

Alice Ferguson posted this in Children's play, health and wellbeing, Play Streets, Playing Out Movement on 01/08/2024

“To be happy and healthy, children need a decent amount of everyday, sociable play and physical activity. To…

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Two older boys playing football in a cup-de-sac with other children, houses and parked vehicles in the background
Parliamentary Inquiry into Children and the Built Environment: A Golden Opportunity

Alice posted this in Active Travel, Children's play, health and wellbeing, Street Space on 08/01/2024

In Spring 2023, Playing Out joined with allies to ask for a Parliamentary Inquiry into Children and the…

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Why Covid Inquiry must look at impact on children

Alice posted this in Children's play, health and wellbeing on 31/03/2022

Along with UsForThem, Save the Children, former Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield and many others, we have co-signed a…

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Child at rainbow crossing
Campaigning for play in a pandemic: an update

Alice Ferguson posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing on 08/04/2021

Since the first lockdown in Spring 2020, we have been calling on the UK Government to ensure that…

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Children still need to play out in Lockdown

Alice posted this in Children's play, health and wellbeing on 06/11/2020

So here we go again, lockdown #2 in England, joining Wales and NI and possibly soon to be…

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