Nursery World - Practitioners can have say on play

Early years practitioners in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been invited to give their views as part of a nationwide review being carried out by the Government to decide the shape of a proposed New Opportunities Fund programme to create and improve play opportunities for children. The NOF programme, which is worth up to 200m, will cover children aged nought to 16, and its highest priority will be those neighbourhoods and communities with most need and least facilities. The review will look at play provision available at schools, nurseries and other educational settings, adventure playgrounds and holiday playschemes.

The NOF programme, which is worth up to 200m, will cover children aged nought to 16, and its highest priority will be those neighbourhoods and communities with most need and least facilities. The review will look at play provision available at schools, nurseries and other educational settings, adventure playgrounds and holiday playschemes.

The written consultation runs until 7 March, and seeks views on general issues such as quality standards and what balance of capital and revenue funding the programme should offer. It also aims to gain specific local information about neighbourhoods or groups of children who have particular needs, as well as examples of successful play provision that could be adopted in other places.

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