Supporters
Each year we are pleased to welcome
wide-ranging support for the campaign.
We're enormously grateful to the funders that
make Playday possible:
Thanks to the Big Lottery Fund and to supporters and
funders of local events across the UK. If you're looking for
funding for your Playday event, check out our funding guidance.
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Thanks also to the
following for supporting Playday 2010:
The office of the Children's
Commissioner
The Commissioner and her team make sure that
adults in charge listen to children and young people.
Maggie Atkinson, Children’s
Commissioner said: “Play is incredibly important for young
children’s development. It has health benefits, it helps them
to learn about themselves and the world around them, and also to
develop key skills, so I am absolutely delighted to support Playday
2010.
I hope that this year’s event will be the best
yet with even more children taking part. Play has been in
decline in recent years and Playday provides a great opportunity
for children to participate in local play activities and to meet
new friends.”
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The Mayor of London
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson
said, 'Playday is a fantastic celebration of children's
play in all its variety and I am delighted that there are so many
events happening across London and around the country. It is so
important that children and young people are encouraged and able to
play, by making them, and their parents, understand that playing
outside is a safe thing to do. It also provides opportunities for
them to be more physically active and improve their health.
Access to safe and attractive local spaces for children’s play and
informal recreation makes an important contribution to London’s
quality of life and can have a significant impact on children's
life chances. Young Londoners are among the main beneficiaries of
my £6 million investment in improving the quality and safety of ten
London parks, while those aged 14 and over will be able to get
around the capital through my new Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme.able
to get around the capital through my new Barclays Cycle Hire
Scheme.'
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Association of Play Industries
(API)
The Association of Play Industries (API) is the
lead trade body in the play sector; with over 75 members
it represents the interests of manufacturers, installers, designers
and distributors of both outdoor and indoor play equipment and
surfacing.
Founded in 1984 the API represents
approximately 85% of the annual UK market demand of over c. £180
Million.
The API is passionate about play, play which
encourages appropriate thrill and reward from assessing and taking
risk. Best practice in play area design offers visible challenge
and risk and API members use their years of experience to design
and create environments that deliver this within well-developed
safety standards.
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bassac
bassac is a membership body for community
organisations that provide a wide range of services to local
people. Our vision is for neighbourhoods in which people
thrive and fulfil their potential, whoever they are and wherever
they live. We have been working towards this vision with our
members for almost 90 years.
We support our members in their work by
offering specific organisational and practical support and
providing information about events and networking
opportunities. We use the learning and experience of our
members to influence policy at the regional and national level.
Together we want to achieve positive social change in our
communities.
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Beth Johnson Foundation
The Centre for Intergenerational
Practice, run by the Beth Johnson Foundation, is dedicated to the
development of positive relationships and participation between the
generations. In particular we want to create opportunities
for people to thrive and learn. Play is a fundamental human
activity and needs to be promoted within the family and
community.
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Child Accident Prevention Trust
(CAPT)
The Child Accident Prevention Trust exists
because accidents are a leading cause of death, serious injury and
disability for children and young people in the UK – and
because many of these accidents can be prevented.
We want to see children leading active,
healthy lives, safe from the disabling effects of serious
accidents. We understand that experimenting and risk-taking are
part of growing up.
Our role is to help people understand the real
risks to children’s safety and gain skills in managing those risks.
We make a difference by: Spreading knowledge and changing
behaviour, supporting staff in local communities and providing a
centre of specialist knowledge.
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Children England
Children England is the leading
membership organisation for the children, young people and families
voluntary sector. Children England provides capacity
building, support and information to its members and to the wide
range of voluntary sector organisations working with children,
young people and families.
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Community Matters
Community Matters is the national
federation of community organisations, and our aim is to
build stronger communities in which everyone is valued and can play
their full part. For over 60 years we have been promoting the
role of community organisations in a strong civil society.
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Common Purpose
Common Purpose is a not-for-profit organisation that
brings together people from a wide range of backgrounds to help
them become more effective leaders in society.
We run a range of leadership development
courses that offer participants the inspiration, knowledge and
connections to help them become more active and engaged in
society.
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Children’s Scrapstore
Children’s Scrapstore is a charity that collects
clean, safe, colourful business waste and makes it available as a
low-cost resource for play and creative activities to voluntary and
community groups across the West of England. We run
a community building which not only houses our large Scrapstore and
our shop, Artrageous, but also three children’s charities, an
environmental architect company, and an organic supermarket and
café.
Scrapstore PlayPods introduce free play and
loose parts into primary schools. They are treasure chests of
materials and equipment that encourage children to play creatively,
use their imaginations and energy, make new friends, discover new
skills, and enjoy their play time. They are a phenomenal success,
not only with children, but with headteachers, teachers,
supervisors, and parents. Most of these materials are waste
collected from businesses and industry by Children’s
Scrapstore.
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Early Childhood Forum
The Early Childhood Forum is a coalition of
61 professional associations, voluntary organisations and interest
groups, hosted by NCB. It brings together partners in the
early childhood sector to promote inclusion and challenge
inequalities, and to champion quality experiences for all young
children from birth to eight and their families.
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Fields in Trust
Fields in Trust is the only independent UK wide
organisation dedicated to protecting and improving outdoor space
for sport, play and recreation. Formed in 1925 as the
National Playing Fields Association we aim to ensure that everyone
- young or old, able or disabled and whether they live in an urban
or rural area – has access to free, local facilities for healthy
outdoor activities. Playing fields have a vital role to play in
creating healthy communities helping not only to increase physical
activity but also to foster social cohesion and improve the local
environment.
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Grandparents' Association
Grandparents' Association is the fastest
growing membership organisation for grandparents in the
country. It was launched in 1987 by a group of
grandparents whose grandchildren had been put into care, adopted
from care or were not allowed any contact with them.
We know that a special relationship can exist between
grandchildren and grandparents and we are here to provide support
to enable this relationship to flourish.
Our services include an information and
support line, welfare benefits advice, publications, support
groups, and grandparent and toddler groups.
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GreenSpace
GreenSpace is a registered charity which works
to improve parks and green spaces by raising awareness,
involving communities and creating skilled professionals.
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their website
KaBOOM
KaBOOM!, the national non-profit that envisions a great
place to play within walking distance of every child in America, is
coordinating the Play Day program in the United States and
Canada. A Play Day is a chance for communities to gather
at their favorite park or playground for fun games and improvement
projects. KaBOOM! Play Days are part of a national movement to save
play in the lives of children by activating communities to
celebrate and improve the quality of play. During the week of
September 18–26, KaBOOM! will help thousands of communities to
plan, organize, and host their Play Days.
Let’s show the whole world that play is
important!
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KIDS
KIDS has been working for over 40 years to
empower disabled children and young people to get the most out of
life – enabling them to take part in positive play, leisure
and social activities. This year’s Playday (Our Place) is
an opportunity to celebrate the right of all children to play out
and be at the heart of their local communities.
KIDS runs the Playwork Inclusion Project and
is committed to removing the barriers which prevent disabled
children and young people from participating so that all
children can have a place to play, make new friends and enjoy a
range of challenging play opportunities alongside their
non-disabled peers.
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Living Streets
Living Streets is the national charity
that stands up for pedestrians. With our supporters we
work to create safe, attractive and enjoyable streets, where people
want to walk. We work with professionals and politicians to
make sure every community can enjoy vibrant streets and public
spaces.
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The National Heart Forum
NHF is a leading alliance of over 60
national organisations working to reduce the risk of coronary heart
disease and related conditions. Our diverse alliance
comprises charities, non-governmental and medical professional
organisations.
Play is an important form of physical activity
for children, and is also critical for their emotional health and
wellbeing. One of the most effective ways to increase levels
of physical activity across the population is to create an
activity-friendly environment. For children this includes
providing opportunities, and the time, for them to access safe and
attractive playgrounds, green space, and streets where they can
engage in unstructured play.
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NCMA
The National Childminding Association of England and
Wales (NCMA) is the largest membership organisation for
registered childminders, nannies and home-based childcarers in
England and Wales. As a not-for-profit organisation, our mission is
to ensure that families in every community have access to
high-quality, home-based childcare, play, learning and family
support so they can help their children reach their full potential.
NCMA has over 30 years experience in providing successful and
innovative services that offer value for money locally and
nationally throughout England and Wales.
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NDNA
National Day
Nurseries Association (NDNA) is the national charity and membership
association promoting quality care and early learning for children
in nurseries across the UK.
NDNA’s vision is a society where all children
and families receive the best quality care and learning that
enables them to reach their full potential. Our mission is to
support the delivery of quality care and early learning for
children across the UK.
NDNA supports its members to develop their
quality of care and to run a healthy sustainable business by
providing members with information, training and support. NDNA
works closely with its members to represent the sector to
Government, local authorities and the media.
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The National Union of Teachers
National Union of Teachers is the
largest teachers' union in England and Wales, with members working
in all phases and sectors of education.
At its Annual Conference in April 2006, the
NUT debated the importance of play in teaching and learning for the
first time, a debate which was not only full of personal
experiences of the benefits of play for individual pupils and
schools, but in which many speakers also made reference to current
research evidence to support their arguments.
Subsequently, the NUT produced two documents,
“Time to Play: NUT Play Policy” and “Time to Play: Resources
Guide”, which are available to download from the NUT website. It is
a founder member of the Play England Play in Schools and Integrated
Settings Group and has contributed to the drafting of the
Play England documents “Play in Schools and Integrated Settings: A
Position Paper” and “A Manifesto for Children’s Play”.
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Playwork Partnerships
Playwork Partnerships’ overall aim
is to enrich children and young people’s lives through their
experience of quality play. We do this through promoting
the importance of play and playwork to a wide range of sectors and
increasing the learning opportunities for playworkers. We offer a
wide range of services to the playwork and associated sectors
including training and qualification delivery, curriculum and
resource development, information dissemination, consultancy and
project management.
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Right To Play
Right To Play is committed to every child’s right
to play. We give children a chance to become constructive
participants in society, regardless of gender, disability,
ethnicity, social background or religion. Through games and sports,
we help create social change in communities affected by war,
poverty and disease.
Our aim is to engage key decision-makers from
the development, sport, business, media and government sectors and
further ensure every child benefits from the positive power of
sport and play. Each week, more than 725,000 children take part in
regular sport and play activities, by 2012 we aim to reach 1
million per week. We work in 21 countries globally.
Right To Play is the global leader in sport
and play that both inspires hope in youth around the world, and
complements the work of other humanitarian organisation over the
long term. We work in partnership with governments in order to
co-ordinate & reach joint objectives.
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SkillsActive
SkillsActive is the Sector Skills
Council for Active Leisure and Learning, and works across the UK
leading the development of playwork education and training for all
those working with children and young people. SkillsActive
congratulates all those who have worked so hard to run Playday
events; encourages everyone to support and attend events in their
community, and then follow on by supporting their local playwork
settings to provide freely-chosen play opportunities all year
round.
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The Big Lunch / Eden
Project
The Big Lunch is an Eden Project initiative
which aims to build and strengthen communities through encouraging
people to sit down and have lunch with their neighbours, as a
simple but profound act of community.
It can be anything from a simple
bring-your-own picnic to a full-blown street party and is a great
opportunity to encourage play activities in
communities. In July 2010 The Big Lunch inspired an
estimated one million people to participate in a lunch with their
neighbours and some are already making plans for the next
one.
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The Children’s Trust
The Children’s Trust, Tadworth is a national
charity which provides care, education, therapy and rehabilitation
to children with multiple disabilities, complex health needs and
acquired brain injury. It runs the UK’s largest paediatric
brain injury rehabilitation centre; supports children and young
people in the community who have an acquired brain injury (ABI);
provides education at its onsite St Margaret's School for pupils
with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD); as well as
offering short breaks, transitional and long-term nursing care.
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UNICEF
UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation focusing on
children and child rights, with a presence in more than 190
countries and territories. We work with local
communities, partners and governments to ensure every child’s
rights to survive and thrive are upheld. UNICEF UK raises funds for
UNICEF’s emergency and development work around the world. In 2008
we raised £42.9 million for UNICEF’s work with children worldwide.
UNICEF UK also advocates for lasting change for children. For
instance, we work to change government policies and practices that
are detrimental to child rights in the UK and internationally and
develop accreditation programmes to make children’s rights a
reality at a local level in the UK.
UNICEF is the only organisation specifically
named in the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child as a source of expert assistance and advice on which
governments can call. We are responsible for holding governments to
account for the rights of children. UNICEF relies on voluntary
donations to fund our vital work for children and their rights. We
receive no funding from the UN budget.
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YoungMinds
YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to
improving the emotional well being and mental health of children
and young people and empowering their parents and
carers.
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4Children
4Children is the national charity all about
children and families.
4Children develops, influences and shapes
national policy on all aspects of children, young people and
families lives and works with a wide range of partners to deliver
real support for children and families in their community.
4Children has spearheaded a joined up,
integrated approach to children’s services which puts the needs of
the most vulnerable at the centre. It is the one of the
largest not for profit Children’s Centre provider in the country
and also runs and supports out of school programmes and the new
next generation ‘myplace’ youth hubs.
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If your organisation would like
to become a 2010 campaign supporter please contact us for further information.