Toy Libraries: Their benefits for children, families and communities waslaunched at a seminar at the House of Commons on Tuesday (12 June). Thereport said more toy lending schemes are needed to help improve accessto play for children affected by poverty and for children withdisabilities and special needs.
Play Matters, also known as the National Association for Toy and LeisureLibraries, commissioned Capacity to analyse the work of toy librariesand how they help parents, children and the wider community.
Toy libraries typically offer a range of services, with the commonfactor being that they all lend toys. They have been operating inEngland since the 1960s, and currently around 1,000 libraries in the UKserve 250,000 children and their families.
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