Nursery World - Play England loses all Government contracts

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

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

The loss means that there will no longer be any play organisations holding contracts with the Government and no national policy on children’s play.

Play England, previously known as the Children’s Play Council, has held Government contracts since 1999 and the Government also funded national development work on play in the 1980s.

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

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