REGIONAL NEWS ARCHIVE
Playday features widely in local and regional
media across the UK. The coverage paints a picture of what Playday
is all about, highlighting the positive impact it has on local
communities.
See below for a sample of past local
and regional media coverage.
2010
Banging the drum for playtime
6 Aug
The Star features Playday in
Cusworth park, where a group of youngsters made some noise when
they took part in a musical workshop .
Rain no hindrance to play area opening
6 Aug
The Newmarket Weekly
highlights Playday at the Douglas Park play area, Mildenhall to
celebrate the official opening of the new play area.
Towers of fun at Oxfordshire play days
7 Aug
The Oxford Times features the
programme of free events in Oxford, Banbury and Thame, held to
celebrate Playday 2010.
Dull weather failed to cloud Playday
8 Aug
The Great Yarmouth
Mercury reports how the adverse weather failed to cloud
the fun at Playday 2010 in Great Yarmouth.
Playday gets a big thumbs-up from youngsters
8 Aug
The Worcester News highlights
a city community centre that enjoyed a day of fun activities for
kids as part of Playday 2010.
Families urged to play all day at Elmbridge Play
Day
10 Aug
The Surrey Comet highlights
Elmbridge's Playday, which had a visit from weird
and wonderful reptiles and birds of prey.
Seaside comes to Staines
11 Aug
The Staines
News tells how the seaside came to Staines when Spelthorne
Council joined in with Playday on 4 August.
Playday fun, despite the rain
11 Aug
Tavistock Today reports that
families flocked to a free day of fun at West Devon Play Forum's
Playday.
Jumping for joy at Stourport Playday
11 Aug
The Shuttle reports that holiday fun reached new
heights as hundreds of families visited Stourport Playday for an
action-packed afternoon.
Children urged to turn off the TV
12 Aug
Thame Today reports that more
than 300 children and young people participated in Thame Playday
2010.
Put your hands up for the Owls
16 Aug
The Star reports that 'lucky
lads and lasses' were given a behind-the-scenes tour when Sheffield
Wednesday opened its doors for Playday.
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2009
EAST OF ENGLAND
Snozzcumbers and Frobscottle on menu at Big Friendly Giant-themed
Playday
29 July
The Wisbech
Standard features Playday at Orchards Primary School. The
day was uniquely themed around Roald Dahl’s classic tale the Big
Friendly Giant.
Hundreds enjoy playtime fun in the sun
6 August
The Great Yarmouth Mercury
reports the town’s first Playday as a success attended by
hundreds.
Children celebrate Playday
5 August
The Watford
Observer reports that thousands of children and their
families from across Watford enjoyed fun and games as part of
Playday.
Families celebrate Playday at Parndon Wood Nature
Reserve
11 August
The Harlow
Herald tells how Harolw celebrated Playday on 5 August with a fun-packed
day at the Parndon Wood Nature Reserve.
EAST midlands
Hundreds revel in Papplewick Playday
31 July
The Hucknall
Dispatch report the success of the Papplewick Playday. The
day celebrated the facelift of their playing field thanks to the
Big Lottery Fund.
Children enjoy a great Playday at Abington
Park
6 August
The Northampton
Chronicle reports that go-karting, climbing and
craft-making were some of the activities enjoyed by hundreds of
children at Abington Park.
All smiles as kids have a brolly good time for
Playday.
6 August
The Leicester Mercury
reports that families across the
county joined in the celebrations of this year's Playday.
Playday fun in Harborough
6 August
The Harborough Mail
tells how families enjoyed a day at
the beach in landlocked Harborough.
Council arranges Playday for kids
14 August
The Eastwood and Kimberley
Advertiser feature the Playday event on Hall Park, where
youngsters enjoyed building dens and
trying out drumming.
Youngsters go out to enjoy Playday
19 August
The Northamptonshire Evening
Telegraph look at two Playday events that took place
in Corby.
LONDON
Playday in the park gets the thumbs up
5 August
The Enfield Independent
features feedback from Enfield’s Playday event, where children
could have fun with bouncy castles, clay pits, giant blackboards
and much more!
Thousands enjoy free family event
12 August
The Newham Recorder features
the Plashet Park Playday, which attracted crowds of over 6000
people.
All play and no work makes for a fun day
14 August
The Islington
Tribune reports on Highbury Fields’ Playday, where more
than 1,000 families got out to play.
NORTH EAST
Sunderland kids shake it about for mass hokey
cokey
6 August
The Sunderland Echo tells how
kids’ groups were shaking it all about as they took part in
Sunderland's biggest hokey cokey to mark Playday 2009.
Forest fun day is best yet
7 August
The Northern
Echo reports that a record number of families made the
most of good weather to take part in Hamsterley Forest’s fourth
Playday event.
Children take part in play ranger activities
21 August
The Darlington and Stockton
Times report that more than 200 children and parents have
taken part in the Hambleton and Richmondshire play ranger project
this summer, which included Playday celebrations.
NORTH WEST
Hundreds of children flock to Playday 2009 at
Shavington Leisure Centre
6 August
The Crewe Chronicle reports
that more than 1,500 energetic children enjoyed an action-packed
Playday at Shavington Leisure Centre on 5 August.
Carlisle
kids get messy with spaghetti at Playday
7 August
The Cumberland
News features the fun and messy activities that took place
at Carlisle’s Playday celebrations.
Record attendance at Chorley Playday event
7 August
This is Lancashire reports
that hundreds of children enjoyed
hours of fun learning new skills and making new friends at
Chorley’s annual Playday.
SOUTH EAST
Game for Playday
13 August
The Reading
Chronicle features the 2009 Playday research and
celebrates the success of the Playday at Prospect Park.
Playday
fun hailed the best yet
27 August
The Haslemere
Herald tells how families flocked to the most successful
Playday yet, where over 130 children enjoying various fun
activities.
SOUTH WEST
Playday attracts thousands
13 August
The Yeovil
Express reported how families flocked to Yeovil Country Park in their
thousands to enjoy the town’s largest play day to date.
Thousands flock to fun-filled Apex Park
Playday
5 August
Burnhamonsea.com features a
photo gallery from Sedgemoor’s Playday, which attracted over 1,000
children.
It's fun, fun, fun for west Wiltshire kids
on Playday
5 August
The Wiltshire
Times reports that more than 800 children attended the two
events in Melksham’s King George V
Playing Fields and Trowbridge Park.
West Park Playday
8 August
The Herald tells
how families made time for play at the West Hoe Park Playday.
Children make the time to play
20 August
The Tewkesbury ADMAG reports
that children and adults made time to play at Evesham Adventure
Playground in support of Playday 2009.
Fun at Winterslow Playday
20 August
The Salisbury Journal reports
that more than 500 children of all ages had a free fun-filled day
in Winterslow to celebrate Playday 2009.
WEST MIDLANDS
Playday event a success
5 August
The Malvern Gazette featured
the successful Playday event at Victoria Park in Malvern
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YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Children and parents enjoy Playday
6 August
The Huddersfield Daily
Examiner highlights the Playday 2009 research and tells
how everyone enjoyed the Norman Park Playday.
Children and parents enjoy Playday
6 August
The Huddersfield
Daily Examiner features the 2009 Playday research and
celebrates Kirlees' Playday event.
Playday fun in Selby
18 August
The Selby
Times reports that more than a thousand children and
parents attended an exciting free fun Playday on Wednesday 5
August.
Time travel theme to Dome's fun day for youngsters
2 September
The Star reports that
children across Doncaster get messy and travel through time at The
Dome leisure centre on Playday.