Fair Play for
Children
for the
Child's Right to Play
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of
the Child is the World's most adopted Treaty,
the UK has signed it. Article 31
of the Convention states:
1. States Parties
recognize the right of the child to rest and
leisure, to engage in play and recreational
activities appropriate to the age of the child
and to participate freely in cultural life and
the arts.
2.
States Parties shall respect and promote the
right of the child to participate fully in
cultural and artistic life and shall encourage
the provision of appropriate and equal
opportunities for cultural, artistic,
recreational and leisure activity.
Fair
Play for Children says
Britain should incorporate the UN
Convention on the Rights of The Child into
our national law
The Convention in
full: Read
it HERE
The
POWER of Play - Boy finds solace in kites amidst
war devastation - WATCH
HERE
The
World's Children - their lives, their
futures, the World at Play.
One of the best sources for news
about Play and Childhood.
There
are few, if any, publications anywhere
about children and childhood, that match
the breadth of FPfC
News, sourced from many parts
of the world, - major global news
sources, research facilities, the UN and
its family, community organisations and
more. FPfC
News focuses
on all areas of childhood, but
especially Play because we believe
that Play is the path to the fullest
development of the child.
We are proud of this contribution to
knowledge about Childhood and the world
of Children and their Play. We
update each section monthly, if you have
stories etc you wish to submit or let us
know about, contact fpfc1972@gmail.com
Fair
Play for Children urges Government to require
Councils to implement existing statutory
requirements on Play and Youth Provision
Many if not most
Local Education Authorities in England are
failing to observe their legal duties re Play
and Youth provision. Fair Play is
telling the Government it needs to act to
ensure compliance in the wake of a huge loss
of provision - and it won't need new law
- READ LETTER TO
GOVERNMENT HERE
Fair Play for
Children News is
published regularly in four sections
including
Children's Play, Sport, Arts, Recreation,
Cultural, Music, Youth Clubs, Youth Work
including Children
and Young People in Society, Children's
Rights, Juvenile Justice, Child Slavery
and Labour, Child Soldiers, Climate Change
including
Children's Health and Wellbeing,
Education, Early Years Development, Child
Care
including Medical
Paediatric and Other Research
Fair Play
News Archive, as far back as
2000! News, magazine
etc ....
work in progress!
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can be accessed by clicking the title or
in the right column - it forms a natural
partnership with FPfC
News Research into Childhood,
focusing on Children's Play, Child Rights,
Child Protection and Youth Work. It
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This article
is more than 3
years old
Celebrating
the
imagination
and
resourcefulness
of young
children
across the UK
by
understanding
the outdoor
games they
invent,
inherit and
play. The
documentary
was shot
before
Covid-19
changed their
lives, and
shifts from
rural Wales to
post-industrial
Teesside and
inner-city
London. What
challenges
will these
young people
face in the
aftermath of
brutal funding
cuts to youth
services? How
can their
optimistic
energy
strengthen
their
resilience in
these
challenging
times?
Guardian
documentary
2020
Our
children
should
be .....
PLAYING!
Still
less these
calamities
The
Child's Right
to Play - The
reasons Why
Why
does the
world's
most
successful
Treaty, the UN
Convention on
the Rights of
The Child, include
the Right
to Play?
Why is so much
emphasis given
by educators,
doctors,
researchers
etc to
this?
Play
is as old as
humanity, back
over 3.7
million years
ago our
distant
ancestors
walked in
Tanzania,
there is a
child walking
beside an
adult, no
doubt curious
and anxious to
play ....
It
is because for
the Child, its
Play may be
'messing
about', Fun.
seemingly
aimless,
something
every child does without
thinking
whether it has
to or not, but
it is also
just about the
most important
thing it
does. Play
is about
Learning,
about trial
and error,
about
discovery,
about
relationships,
indeed about
exploring the
world around
it. Not
for nothing
has Play been
called 'the
child's
natural
business'.
Imagine
a world where
suddenly
something
stops all our
adult activity
in its
tracks.
Who would do
the 'next
thing' and
what would
that be?
Children might
just Play?
They do
in every
conceivable
situation and
circumstance
as soon as
they are able,
they colonise,
explore,
learn,
adapt.
And
yet, we adults
have ensured
that much of
the child's
play
environment
has been
degraded and
compromised -
residential
streets
occupied by
the car,
children's
freedom to
play
restricted by
fears,
intolerance,
adult agendas
and
pressures.
Their health
is compromised
as is their
healthy
development.
The
role of Fair
Play for
Children is
to keep that
right and
obligation
before
society, and
to encourage
people to
fight for its
advance.
We seek your
support,
membership,
ACTION. We
are a Campaign
for The
Child's Right
to Play -
JOIN US!
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