About Play England
Play England's vision is for England to be a country
where everybody can fully enjoy their right to play throughout
their childhood and teenage years, as set out in the UN Convention
on the Rights of the Child Article 31 and the Charter for Children's
Play.
To achieve this, our aims are to ensure
that:
- All children and young people have the freedom - time, space,
permission and opportunity - to play throughout their childhood and
teenage years;
- All residential neighbourhoods are child friendly places where
children and young people can regularly play outside; and
- Everyone is aware of the importance of play - outdoors and
indoors - as part of children and young people's daily
lives.
Working practice- we will do this by:
- Raising awareness of the importance of play for families and
communities;
- Campaigning to influence decision making at all levels of
government and across the public sector;
- Influencing, informing and sharing good practice across all
those who shape children and young people's freedom to play;
- Building on evidence and sound knowledge - from research,
stakeholders and staff;
- Supporting people to get involved in helping more children play
outside more often where they live; and
- Disseminating learning and using findings to inform practice
and campaigning.
Values - in all we do we will:
- Work in partnership with like-minded people and
organisations;
- Build projects collaboratively, respecting existing boundaries
and ownerships within the membership, making best use of local and
specialist expertise and striving to make sure that investment
benefits the sector as a whole;
- Be led by our members, informed by children and young people;
and
- Behave with integrity, honesty and clarity in all our
dealings.
