{"id":2287,"date":"2012-08-28T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T11:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2012-08-28T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T11:41:11","slug":"play-england-more-dirt-and-grazed-knees-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2012\/08\/28\/play-england-more-dirt-and-grazed-knees-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Play England sponsors dirt and grazed knees"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have come across Play England<\/a> rather late in life. \u00a0Its\u00a0purpose is to ensure that children and young people in England have the space and opportunity to play freely as part of their daily lives, at school and other services, at home, and throughout the public realm. \u00a0This sounds a good idea and its what parents, schools and communities used to do. \u00a0This is PE's own history<\/p>\n

Play England, part of the children's charity NCB, was established by the former Children's Play Council (CPC) in 2006 as a result of a Big Lottery Fund (BIG) grant of more than \u00a315million for the Play England Project, as an integral part of BIG's Children's Play initiative. \u00a0In November 2007, Play England and CPC agreed to consolidate its activities under the Play England identity to avoid any confusion about the relationship between both organisations. \u00a0At the same time a new Strategic Advisory Board was established to drive forward our work chaired by Sandra Melville, a former CPC chair. \u00a0The former CPC membership was revitalised to ensure we fully represent the play sector in England; the resulting Play England Council has over 250 members who meet throughout the year to contribute to our strategic plans. \u00a0The success of\u00a0the Children's Play initiative, together with our effective research, policy and campaigning activities, contributed the decision of the last government to adopt a national Play Strategy. This saw our capacity almost double in 2008-09 when we were appointed as a government national delivery partner under two new contracts totalling more than \u00a37m. \u00a0In summer 2010 Play England announced a reorganisation as result of changes to our contracts with the Department for Education. The new structure and programme of work, which sees our nine regional offices replaced with a flexible targeted development and delivery team to ensure that we are best able to represent and support the play sector and respond to the changing political and economic context.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On a more practical level, I am pleased to note that its work is sponsored<\/a> by both Persil and Savlon. \u00a0How marvellous!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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