Playday in the news
Playday has hit the headlines.
Playday 2008
The return of British
Bulldog
2 September
BBC magazine cites Playday
2008 research and asks, is traditional rough and tumble schoolyard
game British Bulldog about to make a comeback in a backlash against
a risk-averse culture?
When the wide world was our
playground
6 August
Keith Waterhouse comments on this year's
Playday theme and reflects on his own childhood play
experiences.
Why play is so important for kids
6 August
Sarah Ebner writes a blog on Playday on
Timesonline. Join the debate.
Risky play prepares kids for life
6 August
The Guardian features director of Play England,
Adrian Voce, discussing the Playday Give us a go! campaign.
Are you allowed to play
out?
4 August 2008
CBBC Newsround features the Playday 2008
research and asks children and young people: Do you think it's
more important to be safe or would you like to do more things
without an adult?
Conkers bonkers
4 August 2008
The Daily Mirror features Playday 2008
research. It says children are not being allowed to take part in
adventurous play by their over-cautious parents.
One in five mums and dads - 21 per cent - think an innocent game
of conkers is just too risky, while 17 per cent even stopped their
children from playing chase.
Over-cautious
parents stop play
4 August 2008
The BBC covers the Playday 2008 research. It
says children are being denied adventurous play because their
parents are nervous about exposing them to risk.
Parents too serious about fun and
games
4 August 2008
The Telegraph runs an
indepth piece on Playday 2008 research. Discussing that parents who
wrap their children in cotton wool and curb their sense of
adventure risk turning them into adults who struggle to deal a
challenge.
The end of
playtime?
4 August 2008
The Independent features
Playday 2008 research, citing that play time is over for children,
with up to half of youngsters banned from climbing trees, playing
conkers or riding their bikes by over-protective parents who are
terrified that they might get hurt.
Cotton wool parenting
'is holding our children back'
4 August
The Daily Mail features Playday 2008 research,
discussing that over-protective parents are harming their
children's development by banning them from 'dangerous' pursuits
such as climbing trees.
Kids need the
adventure of 'risky' play
3 August 2008
The Observer features the
Playday 2008 research, reporting that parents harm their
children's development if they ban tree-climbing or conkers.
Playday 2007
In praise of summer mischief
BBC News online explores what the summer holidays
may have in store for children and young people and discusses this
year's Playday theme - asking if children now have the opportunity
for 'Just William' type adventures enjoyed by generations
before.
Campaign to reclaim streets
The Observer highlights Playday 2007: Our streets
too! - reporting, 'It's holiday time, but traffic and 'stranger
danger' have driven children indoors.'
Headliners at
East London Playday
Headliners
attended East London Playday in Victoria Park. They filmed a report
on this year's Playday theme 'Our streets too!' - asking children
and young people at the event about play in their local
neighbourhood.
Radio Five
Live
Colin Murray dedicates an hour of Monday's show to
the Our streets too! debate. Adrian Voce, director of Play
England joins the discussion.
Drive to get
children playing outdoors
The Telegraph highlights Playday 2007 research -
reporting, 'Only one in five of today's children play outside in
the street or local parks every day, according to new
research.'
Cardiff Blues back Our Streets
Too!
The Cardiff Blues rugby
team is backing the Vale of Glamorgan Council's Our Streets
Too! campaign.
Kaiser Chiefs support
Playday
Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs
have voiced their support for Playday and highlighted concerns over
the lack of opportunities for children to play out.