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Is
it ok for
police
and council
to 'ask' kids
to sign a
contract not
to do ten
things they
which they
haven't been
doing
anyway?
Or for one of
them to be
told she can't
visit five
estates where
she all her
family and
friends live?
For
threats of
loss of home
to be part of
the process?
Fair
Play followed
5 young
peoples'
encounters
with
'Acceptable
Behaviour
Contracts'.
Acceptable to
whom?
Two
publications
from Fair Play
about
Adventure
Playgrounds,
both by
renowned
playworker,
Tony Chilton
Submitted
by the Fair Play for Children
Association, UK
Hints
and Tips on the Use of Inflatables
from HSE:
These
simple precautions can help you
avoid serious accidents, whether
you supply bouncy castles and
inflatables, or you are hiring
one for your event.
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Our
governing document
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Andre
Jackson is a freelance writer,
with interests in daily living,
mobility aid and the UK business
sector. He has been writing for
the past three years and is always
looking for new collaborations
with small businesses in the
United Kingdom and also across
Europe.
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Fair
Play Fact Sheets and Guides
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Produced
for the 2010 UK General Election
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Report
in the wake of the Penn State
abuse scandal and as allegations
multiply re Jimmy Savile and abuse
at the BBC, NHS hospitals etc,
calls for independent Inquiry. 31
pages
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The
letter to The Times in July 1972
by Trevor Huddleston which led to
the creation of Fair Play for
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"I
signed 'cos
mum said we'd
lose our home
if I didn't
sign"
Worrying
Fair Play
report about
"acceptable"
behaviour
contracts.
Whose
behaviour is
unacceptable
......?
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REVISED
November
2024
Outline of what Local Educational
Authorities are required in law to
do re facilities for children and
young people, the relevant
sections of the 1996 Act and the
2006 amendments are included, plus
statutory guidance concerning
activities under the Act for those
aged 13 years+.
Includes Fair Play draft proposals
to improve the legislation
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This Model Policy has been drawn
up to help managements of
children's and young people's play
and leisure organisations when
they are considering the detail of
a Child Protection Policy. It is a
Model, not a prescriptive
instruction, so the idea is that
it can be adapted to suit local
needs and circumstances.
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There
are around 16100
playgrounds in England
serving an estimated 11.2
million children aged
under 16, or 1 acre of
playground for every 752
children
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A
selection from various sources
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An
A-Z of journals on many aspects of
childhood published by Rutgers,
The State University of New
Jersey.
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Fair
Play for Children has undertaken a
comprehensive review on the
issuing by local police forces
across England of Acceptable
Behaviour Contracts with
particular focus on whether the
forces involved have taken into
account Article 6.1 of the
European Convention on Human
Rights(ECHR). In total 40 forces
across England were surveyed
across a number of questions under
the Freedom of Information Act. 34
replied, one with separate data
from 4 Divisions, one based on one
Division.
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How
can Local Councils (Parish/Town)
ensure they have the right
policies place to guarantee
children the ability to play in a
sustainable, safe and stimulating
environment? Jan Cosgrove,
National Secretary of Fair Play,
writing in Local Council Review
Winter 2012
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This
is the most-signed Convention/
Treaty in history. It sets out the
basic rights of every child.
Article 31, on which Fair Play for
Children predicates its work, is
about The Child's Right to Play,
Rest and Leisure
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VIDEO
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Jump -
2-part BBC programme
PART
TWO
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links are in yellow 0n this site
Children
need Freedom to Play
Children
need Play to Imagine
The Right to be a Child
= The Right to Childhood
= The 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
HERE It's FREE
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Fair Play 50
On 31st July 1972, a letter appeared in 'The Times' in the
wake of a tragedy - two boys aged nine and seven drowned
playing in a tin bath in an East End Canal in London ....
for want of somewhere safe to play.
A
LETTER TO 'The Times':
How Fair Play started
That event led
Bishop Trevor Huddleston CR, then Bishop of Stepney,
to pen an angry reproach in the press, he had known both boys
and their families. It was not right, he insisted,
that such a deficit should have led to their deaths.
With the same zeal that marked his defiance of apartheid in
his native South Africa (from which he had been exiled for his
views). Father Trevor launched this campaign, soon supported
by The Duke of Edinburgh, it was, and is, known as Fair Play
for Children.
Its mission is to achieve that safe, but challenging, play
space for every child, as now stated in Article 31 of the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
At Fair Play, how do we measure progress towards that
aim? Though much has been achieved, overall can we
say that there has been much movement? Yes,
the community and voluntary sector in the UK has led the way,
against huge odds mainly thrown in their way by the statutory
sector. Oh, plenty of platitudes, 'nice thoughts',
but when we examine the record of government at all levels, it
has been a sad tale of non-achievement, even of
hindrance.
To be blunt, always the first target for cuts especially by
councils, often running counter to their statutory
obligations, which goes all too often unchallenged from
society. Fair
Play has been and is running a campaign on this aspect, to
get the law updated so that councils are held to account by
the Government. YOU CAN HELP IN THIS!
MPs and Ministers, local government chiefs, councillors etc
all KNOW the importance of Play, or they pay it enough lip
service that, were that translated into action and resource,
we'd by now have a Play-scape for Heaven on earth.
At this time, so much has been lost, trashed by cuts, our
children and young people have been betrayed.
Not very celebratory? Well, what is stated
does not diminish one jot the years of hard work and
dedication people and organisations have contributed and
continue to do so, Fair Play is dedicated to making sure they
have first call.
We will be aiming to secure legislative changes through
dialogue with the Government. You can
help by aiming letters at the your MPs to get their
support. Keep in touch via this website. We
urge you to redouble the fight for a Fair
Deal for Children's Play. Join Fair Play,
DONATE, campaign with us!
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leaflets and policy documents as well as up to date
news and information. Ideal for any organisation
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" A lively site with lots of information, including
downloadable guidelines such as Organising a Playscheme
and Child Protection in Playwork. This site also
includes excellent information on adventure playgrounds.
An excellent directory of play organisations. "
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