Policy for Play

To play and to dream: restoring play to the heart of the campaign for children’s rights;

For a change: finding the evidence for play policy;

Advocates for play: playwork’s place at the heart of the play movement;

New opportunities: lottery funding and the beginnings of public play policy;

A vital and vibrant city: how devolved government in London set the benchmark for play policy;

Making the case: the call for a national play strategy;

Things to do, places to go: how play was overlooked by children’s services reform;

Getting serious: the national play review;

Lottery millions: the Children’s Play Initiative;

Dirt is good: the Play England project;

The best place in the world: the Play Strategy for England;

Playbuilders: breaking the mould of the public playground;

Everyday adventures: austerity brings an end to play policy in England;

Skylarks and canaries: the legacy of the Play Strategy;

A future unimagined: responding to children’s right to play: conclusions and recommendations.