Nursery World - No more funds or policy for children's play

National play organisation Play England has lost all its Government funding.

The Government has told the charity that it will not be renewing anynational play contracts when they come to an end this month.

The loss means that there will no longer be any play organisationsholding contracts and no national policy on children's play.

Play England, previously known as the Children's Play Council, has heldGovernment contracts since 1999 and the Government also funded nationaldevelopment work on play in the 1980s.

A national play strategy was launched in 2008, with Play England namedas the support body to work with 20 Play Pathfinder and 43 Playbuilderlocal authorities that were allocated funding to develop 30 adventureplaygrounds and up to 3,500 play areas for children from eight to 13years old.

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