Play experts want to ban "no ball games" signs and protect playtime during school breaks, to reduce the time children spend on screens. Alice Ferguson from 'Playing Out' told #BBCBreakfast there needs to be an end to "anti-play culture" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

National play strategy needed to end ‘addictive doom-scrolling' - CYP Now cypnow.co.uk/content/news/n…

Play is prevention. In Parliament, I called again for a legal right to play, so every child has safe, inclusive spaces to grow up healthy and happy. Over 70 MPs are already backing that call — and I'm looking forward to the government making progress.

‘Call for 'No Ball Games' signs to be scrapped as play being 'squeezed out of childhoods' - Sky News news.sky.com/story/call-for… A year-long inquiry has concluded that play is being "squeezed out of childhoods with drastic implications for children, our economy and public

🎙️ Our CEO, Emily Robinson joined BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss London Sport’s More Ball Games campaign and the vital role of play in supporting children’s health and wellbeing across the capital From removing barriers to play to creating safe, accessible spaces on children’s

Could you challenge @Root66, Mark Wood and Lauren Bell to play cricket your way? Ravi, Taylor and Hassan did, as part of the ECB’s latest campaign to get children playing anywhere, from the street to the beach. See how they got on 👇 #MyWayToPlay

Joe Root Mark Wood Lauren Bell Today, we’ve signed up to support London Sport’s More Ball Games campaign to remove outdated and restrictive ‘No Ball Games’ signs that stifle play and physical activity across London and England. Find out more here 👇 londonsport.org/our-events/mor…

So PROUD that #MoreBallGames has been recognised on a global stage at LIONS | The Home of Creativity🏆🦁 Incredible working w the team at Saatchi & Saatchi. Their passion has been obvious and they’ve helped us extend messaging from Westminster, to the Copper Box Arena with London Lions Basketball, + all over UK!

‘Play England throws its weight behind landmark Raising the Nation report’ - @ChildInTheCity1 childinthecity.org/2025/06/17/pla… “This is not just another policy report – it is a call to arms, and a moment of reckoning for a country that has increasingly sidelined its children’s need to

‘Inquiry calls for national play strategy and play sufficiency duty to help ‘restore play’ into every childhood’ - PlayNation playnation.uk/blog/2025/06/1… The call is made in the final report of the Raising the Nation Play Commission – a year-long independent inquiry into why

Communities work best when they’re shaped with children in mind. It’s time families and children have a real say in how their community play spaces look, feel, and are.

Archive: Bootle, Merseyside. 2016. #UrbanGoals

‘Making time and space for children to play’ - @CYPNow cypnow.co.uk/content/featur… Every child should be able to experience a safe, healthy and happy childhood. All the evidence shows play is central to this. Yet play is being squeezed out of many childhoods. Each generation of

Today's the day. The #WEURO2025 final. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

‘No shops, no schools: homes in England built without basic amenities’ - @Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2025/… Thousands of homes across England are being built without urgently needed community infrastructure, say councillors and campaigners, leaving families without access to

Com’on Lionesses 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🦁 ⚽️ #ItsComingHome🏆#WEURO2025

It's home, again.

Once a dream. Now a legacy. 🏆 Lionesses | #MadeForThisGame

Play Sufficiency is back on the parliamentary agenda - and this time it’s in the Lords. Following sustained leadership from Play England, Baroness @NatalieBen has officially reintroduced the Play Sufficiency amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill at Committee Stage

A Critical Step Forward: Play Sufficiency Amendment Reintroduced in the Lords playengland.org.uk/newsblog/a-cri… Baroness @NatalieBen has reintroduced the #PlaySufficiency amendment 👏👏👏 Children don’t just need homes 🏡 They need a childhood. And #ItAllStartsWithPlay!