Campaigns

Play England provides advice and support to promote good practice, and works to ensure that the importance of play is recognised by policy makers, planners and the public.

Current campaigns

Playday 2008: Give us a go!

Playday is the annual celebration of children's right to play - a national campaign where children and young people get out and play at locally organised events.

Playday also provides an opportunity to raise the profile of play by campaigning on key issues that affect children's ability to play.

This year's Playday theme is Give us a go! The campaign promotes the benefits of allowing children to manage their own risks whilst playing and aims to counter the risk-averse 'cotton wool' culture that can limit children's play.

Our campaign this year aims to raise awareness that:

• All children need opportunities to take their own risks when playing; they need and want challenge, excitement and uncertainty in play.
• Through play, children can learn how to manage challenge and risk for themselves in everyday situations.
• Opportunities for children to take risks while playing are reducing, as increasingly health and safety considerations are impacting on children's play.
• Adults should provide for children and young people to have adventurous play opportunities.

Play England coordinates the campaign in consultation with a national steering group, which includes representatives from Play Wales, Play Scotland and PlayBoard Northern Ireland as well as other national and some regional representatives.

To mark Playday 2008, Play England will publish a number of pieces of research on risk and challenge in play. The research will explore the benefits and challenges involving of allowing children to manage their own risks whilst playing.

For further information, visitwww.playday.org.uk

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