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. #
Revised Fair Play
advice including draft proposal for update of
current Legislation.
NOVEMBER 2024. The proposals would
work to ensure better compliance by Local
Education Authorities with their Statutory
Duties.
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 - READ LETTER TO
GOVERNMENT HERE
Fair Play for Children
asks Birmingham City Council searching Freedom
of Information questions about its major cuts
to youth provision
FPfC
focuses on the City’s duties under Education
legislation concerning ‘sufficiency’ of
provision and consultation of young people.
Fair Play will evaluate the answers the
Council gives and consider any action. In
our view, this may well turn out to be a
major concern.
Read
FoI HERE
Fair Play for
Children News is one of the best
sources for news about Children,
it is
published regularly in four sections
including
Children's Play, Sport, Arts, Recreation,
Cultural, Music, Youth Clubs, Youth Work
Also:
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
also
News from Play England
News from Play
Scotland.
News from Play
Wales.
News from Playing
Out.
Fair Play
News Archive, as far back as
2000! News, magazine
etc ....
work in progress!
Fair Play for
Children Online Library LINKS
Children's Play
& Youth Work
Children's
Rights
Child
Protection
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?
Whyis somuch
emphasis given
by educators,
doctors and
ohers 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' (Albert
Einstein).
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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