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Play England @playengland.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🏆 Who is creating the conditions for children to play? Nominations are OPEN for the inaugural #NationalPlayAwards 2026 www.playengland.org.uk/newsblog/nom... Who deserves national recognition? 🏆 6 awards 🆓 Free entry 📅 Closes 25 Sept 👉 www.playengland.org.uk/national-pla... #ItAllStartsWithPlay

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Nominations open for the inaugural National Play Awards 2026 | Play England

Who is creating the conditions for children to play? Play England is calling for nominations for the inaugural National Play Awards 2026 . For the first time, the National Play Awards will brin...

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Karen Buck @queensparkkaren.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Delighted to have been approved today as the new Chair of @playengland.bsky.social and looking forward to working with @tomhayesmp.bsky.social and other friends to support the vital agenda of children’s play

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Play England @playengland.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🚨 We’re Recruiting: Independent Chair, Senior Independent Director & Independent Director 🚨 Help lead our bold, new 10-year strategy #ItAllStartsWithPlay! Find out more & apply by 23 Oct 👉 www.playengland.org.uk/newsblog/wer... #IndependentDirectors #Chair #Trustee #CharityLeadership

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Tom Hayes MP @tomhayesmp.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Yesterday we launched the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Play (@appgonplay.bsky.social) 🎉 We're already 40 MPs and Peers strong, working together to: ✅ Push for a National Play Strategy ✅ Champion play sufficiency law ✅ Put play back at the heart of childhood

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Jennifer Chung @doctorchungie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It was wonderful to meet @eugeneminogue.bsky.social and the Association of Play Industries at the @playengland.bsky.social launch! Thank you inviting me to this special occasion. #ItAllStartsWithPlay #play #OutdoorPlay #RiskyPlay

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Jennifer Chung @doctorchungie.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Pretty grand start to the day! It was for a very important occasion, @playengland.bsky.social's launch of #ItAllStartsWithPlay. Let the children #play! @eugeneminogue.bsky.social

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Jennifer Chung @doctorchungie.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

This is not part of my usual morning routine. I was honoured to be part of @playengland.bsky.social and @eugeneminogue.bsky.social's #ItAllStartsWithPlay initiative. Let the children #play!

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Wendy Russell @wendyrussell.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Play England's new strategy recognises all the ways children play & that it's not them that need fixing but the systems round them. bit.ly/43AoFlFC Congrats @eugeneminogue.bsky.social @profhelendodd.bsky.social @naomilott.bsky.social Paul Brindley @mic-martin.bsky.social @geekdadgamer.bsky.social

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

More coverage of the launch of Play England’s play strategy and the new APPG for Play, with an emphasis on trying to establish a play sufficiency duty in England (hopefully one that extends beyond the planning system and beyond new build) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Space for children to play should be a requirement in planning law, say MPs

Parliamentary group launched alongside campaign for ‘play sufficiency duty’ that matches those in Wales and Scotland

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

“Play sufficiency means making sure that every child has enough time, space, opportunity and freedom to play – wherever they live.” @eugeneminogue.bsky.social

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Play England launches its new 10-year strategy today, along with the formation of the first-ever All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Play - hopefully both big steps towards a national play strategy. playnation.uk/blog/2025/05... @eugeneminogue.bsky.social

"If we can design cities around cars, we can design them around children. If we're serious about wellbeing, we must be serious about play. This isn't just policy - it's about rights, equity, social justice - the kind of society we want to be. It's time to give children their childhood back. And it all starts with play!"

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Over on LinkedIn @eugeneminogue.bsky.social reminded me that it's 17 years (2008) since the last UK play strategy was launched, by Andy Burnham & Ed Balls (then Secs of State for culture and children, schools & families respectively). Surely time for a new one? (www.linkedin.com/posts/eugene...)

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#nationalplaystrategy #playsufficiency #childrenswellbeing… | Eugene Minogue | 21 comments

17 years ago today, the government launched its first—and only—National Play Strategy. ‘Government pledges to improve children’s play’ – The Guardian https://lnkd.in/e3Zqe9Rw Ed Balls and Andy Bur...

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Wendy Russell @wendyrussell.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Speakers: Marianne Mannello (Play Wales), Ruth Conway (Welsh Government ), Marguerite Hunter-Blair (playscotland.bsky.social), @eugeneminogue.bsky.social (Play England), Alan Herron (PlayBoard Northern Ireland), Adrian Voce (starlightuk.bsky.social).

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