Supporters
Each year we welcome wide-ranging
support for the campaign.
If your organisation is passionate about
children's play, contact us now to find
out how you can support Playday 2012.
THANKS TO OUR PLAYDAY 2011 SUPPORTERS
Playday
2011 was supported by Savlon,
the UK's leading antiseptic first
aid brand. Savlon helped us spread
the message far and wide, that life should be one big adventure
through play.
Thanks to the Big Lottery Fund and to supporters and
funders of local events across the UK. If you're looking for
funding for your Playday event, check out our funding guidance.
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Official Playday 2011 supporters:
Association for Physical
Education
The Association for Physical Education (afPE) is
the only physical education and school sport subject association in
the UK. afPE is committed to being the representative
organisation of choice for people and agencies delivering or
supporting the delivery of physical education in schools and in the
wider community.
afPE’s purpose is to promote and maintain high
standards and safe practice in all aspects and at all levels of
physical education, influencing developments in physical education
at national and local levels.
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their website
Association of Play Industries
(API)
The Association of Play Industries
(API) is the leading trade body within the play sector,
representing the interests of the manufacturers, installers,
designers and distributors of both outdoor and indoor play
equipment and safer surfacing. Founded in 1984 it represents
approximately 85% of the market with more than 80 members.
In conjunction with event organisers Brintex
the API hosts PlayFair, an annual trade
exhibition from 21-22 June 2011.
The API operates under the umbrella of the
Federation of Sports and Play
Associations (FSPA) the national trade body responsible for
representing 18 Associations in the UK's sport and play
industries.
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their website
Association for Public Service Excellence
(APSE)
APSE is a not for profit local government body
working with over 300 councils throughout the UK.
Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost
specialist in local authority front line services of which, as the
main provider, parks and leisure feature heavily.
APSE is passionate about assisting our member
Councils to create the environment that encourages play within a
healthy lifestyle, including nutrition through school meals,
investment in and maintenance of our parks and leisure facilities
and provision of opportunity for all the community. We wish the
Playday campaign another successful year.
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British Association of Play Therapy
(BAPT)
BAPT is the first and foremost professional
association for Play Therapy in the UK. BAPT represents
QUALITY ASSURANCE for Play Therapy.
The Charity seeks to relieve the needs of
children, young people and adults suffering emotional and
behavioural difficulties by promoting the art and science of Play
Therapy and promoting high standards in the practice of Play
Therapy for the public benefit.
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Beth Johnson Foundation
The Centre for Intergenerational
Practice, run by the Beth Johnson Foundation, is dedicated to the
development of positive relationships and participation between the
generations. In particular we want to create opportunities
for people to thrive and learn. Play is a fundamental human
activity and needs to be promoted within the family and
community.
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their website
Change4Life
Change4Life has launched its summer campaign to
help get children active over the summer holidays.
The Really Big Summer Adventure will inspire children and
families to keep active and eat healthily over the summer holidays
with lots of tools, advice, hints and tips. Children can download
an adventure map and access over 100 ideas for games and play
from the activity generator and there are money-off deals for a
range of food, drink and activities for parents.
Throughout the summer, the Change4Life Web
and Facebook sites will provide ideas for keeping the kids active,
as well as fun competitions and healthy offers. Find out
more on their website.
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CHILDREN 1ST
For
over 125 years, CHILDREN 1ST has been working to build a brighter
future for Scotland's vulnerable children and families. We
work to safeguard children and young people to support them within
their families and to help them to recover from abuse, neglect and
violence. We speak out for children's rights and we campaign to
change attitudes.
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their website
Children England
Children England is the leading membership
organisation for the children, young people and families’ voluntary
sector and the Department for Education’s overarching strategic
partner. With member organisations working in all parts of
the country ranging from small local groups to the largest
household names in children’s charities, Children England is in a
unique position to use the collective voice of the voluntary sector
to achieve positive change for children. Children England is
committed to working alongside its members in the creation of a
society where children and young people are valued, protected and
listened to, their rights are realised and their families
supported.
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Children's Scrapstore
The Children's Scrapstore is a registered charity that
collects safe clean scrap from business and industry to be used as
a creative resource by our members. Our members are groups
working with children or adults in creative play, care, therapeutic
and education settings. Our scrap warehouse in Bristol stocks all
sorts of things like paper, card, plastic pots, tubs, tubes,
netting, fabrics, rip-stop, foam and wood. There are also always
odd and random things like buttons or rubber or knee pads or sticky
foam or old phones.
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CLOA
CLOA is the Professional Association for
strategic leaders involved in public sector cultural and leisure
services. It works with central government and other
national organisations to influence the development of national
policies, lobby for positive change and provide a peer-support
network.
The organisation represents strategic managers
in local authorities or non-profit distributing trusts and those
working in associated areas such as health, education and social
sectors, who are committed to the development of public sector
culture and leisure.
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Community Matters
Community Matters represents the largest network
of community organisations in the UK with over 1200
members and provides a range of programmes and services to
support members and the people they serve. This includes an advice
service through to training and consultancy. Dealing with issues
from business planning through to community asset management,
Community Matters is there to help anyone playing a part in their
local community.
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CSV
When UK
volunteering charity CSV commissioned researchers to ask children
themselves for their views on play nearly a quarter said that not
having access to a safe place to play was a sign of
poverty. Every year thousands of volunteers join the drive
to address this. In south Bristol, CSV's Play Rangers target areas
of high deprivation. Qualified play workers go into parks armed
with toys, games and activities to promote 'free play' that should
be: free at point of delivery, is free for children to come
and go to and is directed by the young people themselves.
Crucially, the professionals are joined by local volunteers
including parents and older children. Everyone attends in the
knowledge that children can play safely without threats such
as bullying or intimidation.
On Saturday 29th October 2011 many more
volunteers taking part in Make a Difference Day throughout the
country will be tidying parks, building skate ramps and renovating
playgrounds - all activities that help improve play areas across
the country. We wish Playday 2011 every success!
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Daycare
Trust
Daycare Trust is the national childcare charity,
campaigning for quality, accessible, affordable childcare
for all and raising the voices of children, parents and carers. We
advise parents and carers, providers, employers, trade unions and
policymakers on childcare issues.
Daycare Trust's objective is to secure access
to high quality affordable childcare for all children in Great
Britain where and when they and their parents want and need it, at
a price their parents can afford.
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Early Childhood Forum
The Early Childhood Forum is a coalition of
61 professional associations, voluntary organisations and interest
groups, hosted by NCB. It brings together partners in the
early childhood sector to promote inclusion and challenge
inequalities, and to champion quality experiences for all young
children from birth to eight and their families.
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GreenSpace
GreenSpace is a registered charity which works
to improve parks and green spaces by raising awareness,
involving communities and creating skilled professionals.
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their website
Headliners
Headliners is a multi-media news agency run for and by
young people throughout the UK. We promote young
peoples voices by giving them journalistic skills to produce
stories about issues that concern them. Headliners reporters
have written stories that have featured in national newspapers, on
television, radio and online. Membership is open to young
people aged between 8 and 19.
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their website
Living Streets
Living Streets is the national charity that
stands up for pedestrians. With our supporters we work to
create safe, attractive and enjoyable streets, where people want to
walk. We work with professionals and politicians to make sure every
community can enjoy vibrant streets and public spaces.
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Mencap
Mencap is the UK’s leading charity for people with a
learning disability, their families and carers. 1.5
million people in the UK have a learning disability – which will
affect their social and intellectual development from birth.
Mencap believes that everyone with a learning
disability, their families and carers have the right to expect
choice, opportunity and respect – with the support they need. But
the reality can be very different…
That’s why we campaign for equal rights and challenge
attitudes and prejudice. Through housing, education, employment,
leisure and advocacy services, we support people with a learning
disability to live their lives the way they want.
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National Union of Teachers
The National Union of Teachers is the
largest teachers' union in England and of education. Wales, with
members working in all phases and sectors.
The NUT is proud to support Playday. It
believes that play is an essential part of growing up. It is
crucial to children’s development, including building their social
confidence. Through play, children learn more about themselves,
their relationships with others and the wider world. Play also
helps to consolidate what has been learnt in the classroom.
For more information, see “Time to Play: NUT
Play Policy” and “Time to Play: Resources Guide”, which are
available to download from the NUT website.
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Natural England
Natural England is the government’s
advisor on the natural environment. We provide practical
advice, grounded in science, on how best to safeguard England’s
natural wealth for the benefit of everyone.
Our remit is to ensure sustainable stewardship
of the land and sea so that people and nature can thrive. It is our
responsibility to see that England’s rich natural environment can
adapt and survive intact for future generations to enjoy.
We work with farmers and land managers;
business and industry; planners and developers; national and local
government; interest groups and local communities to help them
improve their local environment.
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NAVCA
NAVCA is the national voice of local
support and development organisations in England. We
champion and strengthen voluntary and community action by
supporting our members in their work with over 160,000 local
charities and community groups. NAVCA believes that voluntary and
community action is vital for vibrant and caring communities
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NDNA
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is the
national charity and membership association representing children's
nurseries across the UK, giving them information, training
and support, so they can provide the best possible care to young
children. NDNA is the voice of the nursery sector, an integral part
of the lives of over 600,000 children and their families. NDNA
works with local and national government to develop an environment
in which quality early years education and care can flourish.
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Neighbourhoods Green
Neighbourhoods Green is a partnership initiative
which highlights the importance of open space for residents of
social housing and works with social landlords to
raise the quality of their design, management and safe use. The
project provides guidance, support and tools for housing
associations, local authority housing departments, arms-length
management organisations (ALMOs), resident associations,
community groups and their partners.
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Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund
(UK)
The Nelson
Mandela Children’s Fund (UK) was founded by Nelson Mandela in 1994
with the aim of securing a better future for children in South
Africa.
Now a leading charity in South Africa, The
Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund works to build the strength of
communities so that they can identify and care for vulnerable
children. Children who have been orphaned by the HIV and Aids
pandemic, who are disabled, refugees, or have been abused are all
given the care and protection they need.
NMCF relies totally on the support of
individuals trust and companies to fund this vital work.
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Playwork Partnerships
Playwork Partnerships' mission is to enrich children's
and young people's lives and support their wellbeing through
play.
Opportunities for children to 'play out'
unsupervised are increasingly restricted by the lack of suitable
public space, more time spent on computers or watching television,
increased traffic and anxieties for children's safety. At Playwork
Partnerships we are passionate about supporting the conditions for
children's play; physical, emotional and social.
Rich in expertise, with an established
presence both in the south west region and nationally, we take
pride in our creative partnership centred approach and being an
essential resource for the play sector. People who benefit from our
services include playworkers, playwork trainers, assessors,
playwork organisations and allied professionals who work in the
sphere of children's play including early years workers, teachers,
environmental workers, planners and landscape architects.
Throughout all of our work we aim to build an
infrastructure of support for children's play and to ensure
sustainability and value for money.
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Right To
Play
Right To Play is the leading international
humanitarian and development organisation using the power of sport
and play to build essential skills in children and drive social
change in communities affected by war, poverty and
disease.
Right To Play works with over 600,000 children
and young people on a regular basis, creating safe play spaces for
them to learn and fostering the hope that is essential for them to
envision and realise a brighter future. The UN convention on the
rights of the child guides our work and our education programmes
target the most marginalised and vulnerable children and young
people, including girls, children with disabilities, young people
affected by HIV and AIDs, street children, former child combatants
and refugees.
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Scope
Scope supports and works with disabled
children, adults and their families at every stage of their
lives. We believe disabled people should have the same
opportunities as everyone else. We run services and campaigns with
disabled people to make this happen. As a charity with expertise in
complex support needs and cerebral palsy we never set limits on
potential.
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their website
Sensory Trust
Sensory Trust is pleased to support Play Day 2011. As a
national charity that makes connections between people and place,
we encourage all open green spaces to be playful and inclusive for
the enjoyment of all. We particularly work with
disabled people, older people and young people living in
disadvantaged areas, connecting them to the natural environment
around them. For more info on our projects visit our website or
find us on Facebook.
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SkillsActive
SkillsActive is a UK-wide organisation whose role is to
create a framework of qualifications, apprenticeships, training and
continuous professional development based on industry requirements
and standards. We work with Playwork employers to help
them access the right qualifications, based on those national
standards that have been designed by employers in our sector, to
ensure their staff are appropriately trained and qualified.
We also represent employers’ views to government and government
agencies, such as Ofsted, to support a greater understanding of the
benefits of Playwork education, training and qualifications.
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The Children’s Trust
The Children's Trust, Tadworth is a
national charity that provides a range of specialist services to
children across the UK with multiple disabilities, complex health
needs and acquired brain injury.
The Trust runs the country's largest
rehabilitation centre for children with brain injuries, a school
for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties and
complex health needs (known as The School for Profound Education)
and a range of nursing services.
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The Naked Heart
Foundation
The mission of the Naked Heart Foundation is to
provide a safe and inspiring play environment for every child
living in urban Russia.
In just over five years the Naked Heart
Foundation have built 60 play facilities in 44 towns and cities in
Russia. They believe that play is a necessity, not a luxury, as it
is through play that children at a very early age engage with the
world around them.
Founded by model Natalia Vodianova in 2005,
the Naked Heart Foundation is a Russian noncommercial organization
and a registered charity in both the UK and the US.
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their website
The
National Heart Forum
NHF is a leading alliance of over 60 national
organisations working to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease
and related conditions. Our diverse alliance
comprises charities, non-governmental and medical professional
organisations.
Play is an important form of physical activity for children, and
is also critical for their emotional health and wellbeing.
One of the most effective ways to increase levels of physical
activity across the population is to create an activity-friendly
environment. For children this includes providing
opportunities, and the time, for them to access safe and attractive
playgrounds, green space, and streets where they can engage in
unstructured play.
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The Royal Society
for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
RoSPA has been at the heart of accident
prevention in the UK and around the world for more than 90
years. A registered charity, they promote safety and the
prevention of accidents whilst at work, at leisure, on the road, in
the home and through safety education.
RoSPA works both in the UK and further afield
to ensure that play is fun, challenging and ‘as safe as
necessary, not as safe as possibleTM’.
RoSPA
Play Safety provides training on playground management and the
safety of indoor and outdoor play areas. It inspects playgrounds
for public and commercial play areas whilst also providing a wide
range of play-related services covering all aspects of playground
safety.
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Trees for
Cities
Inspiring people to plant and love trees in cities
worldwide.
Trees for Cities work with communities to
plant trees in parts of cities that need it most. We grow stronger
neighbourhoods, enhance urban landscapes and improve health and
happiness.
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v, The National Young Volunteers Service is proud to
support Playday 2011.
v, is a leading youth engagement charity which
provides 14-25 year olds with volunteering and social action
opportunities to improve their life skills and employability. At v,
we harness the passion and abilities of young people to make a real
difference to the issues that affect their lives, communities and
the planet.
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Woodland Trust
Established in 1972 to protect, restore
and create native woodland across the UK, the
Woodland Trust now owns and manages over 1,200 sites, open to the
general public free of charge.
Supported by a steadily increasing membership,
currently over 200,000, our work is planned to achieve three key
objectives:
• To enable the creation of more native woods
and places rich in trees
• To protect native woods, trees and their
wildlife for the future
• To inspire everyone to enjoy and value woods and trees
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4Children
4Children
is the national children and families charity which develops,
influences and shapes national policy on all aspects of children,
young people and families lives and works with a wide
range of partners to deliver real support for children and families
in their community. It is one of the largest not for profit
Children’s Centre providers in the country and currently runs 40
Children’s Centres and 22 Day Nurseries.
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