Category: Health & Wellbeing 70 items

Improving Safe Access to Street Space for Children’s Play and Physical Activity

Improving Safe Access to Street Space for Children’s Play and Physical Activity

This short paper explores the evidence for families with children to be allowed greater access to very local neighbourhood space, to allow children to play safely within physical distancing rules.

Type: Research, Toolkit, Ideas Booklet

Categories: Health & Wellbeing , Play Activities , Space, Place & Planning

Tags: COVID

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Play First: Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Wellbeing During and After Lockdown

Play First: Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Wellbeing During and After Lockdown

This document makes a number of evidence-based recommendations designed to support children’s social and emotional wellbeing. Recommendations are focused, in particular, on the needs of children aged 3 to 11.

Type: Statement

Categories: Health & Wellbeing

Tags: COVID

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Save the Children lockdown pack for families

Save the Children lockdown pack for families

Save the Children have created a pack for families in lockdown. The pack contains activities for children, along with advice for parents about how to talk to children about coronavirus.

Type: Ideas Booklet, Toolkit

Categories: Health & Wellbeing , Play Activities

Tags: COVID , National Playhub , Publications - other organisations

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Play for positive mental health

Play for positive mental health

This Research Briefing illustrates that play is vital to supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Type: Statement

Categories: Health & Wellbeing

Tags: COVID , Mental Health

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IPA Play in Crisis: support for parents and carers

IPA Play in Crisis: support for parents and carers

In order to support the child’s right to play in these difficult times, the International Play Association (IPA) has developed the new IPA Play in Crisis: support for parents and...

Categories: Health & Wellbeing

Tags: COVID , IPA

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UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guideline

UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guideline

This report presents an update to the 2011 physical activity guidelines issued by the four Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK CMOs draw...

Type: Statement

Categories: Health & Wellbeing

Tags: Health

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Play Scotland Survey Report Executive Summary 2020

Play Scotland Survey Report Executive Summary 2020

Summary of a survey was undertaken by Play Scotland in April 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on play and childcare settings in Scotland.

Categories: Health & Wellbeing

Tags: COVID , Play Scotland Research

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Children’s Play and Leisure – Promoting a balanced approach

Children’s Play and Leisure – Promoting a balanced approach

Health and safety laws and regulations are sometimes presented as a reason why certain play and leisure activities undertaken by children and young people should be discouraged. The reasons for...

Type: Policy, Statement, Research

Categories: Health & Wellbeing , Playwork & the Play Sector

Tags: Risk , Risk management

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