Fair Play for Children
for the Child's Right to Play
UNFAIR PLAY FOR CHILDREN
Expenditure by English Local Authorities in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12:
including on Children's Play and Youth Services
We undertook this major survey two years into Austerity under the Coalition Government. Even by then, Play and Youth Work had suffered hugely by comparison to overall local authority expenditure and on adult leisure services. The situation has not improved.
Our findings
Children need Play to Imagine
Fair Play exists to campaign for the Child's Right to Play, part of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of The Child
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:
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 WAYBACK
These links are samples from our websites over the years, as captured by The Wayback Machine
www.fairplay31.online (current site)
www.fairplayforchildren.org (from 2008)
www.fairplayforchildren.net
www,arunet.co.uk/fairplay from 1998
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The Right to be a Child
= The Right to Childhood
= The Right to Play
"The good news
is, I just got reconnected with a fantastic
organization. .... Hands down, they have the most
comprehensive and up to date website I have ever
seen... Outstanding. Thank you Fair Play for
Children for being part of the good news…(even when
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empoweredbyplay.org
" Fair Play gives excellent support around Play-work issues offering leaflets and policy documents as well as up to date news and information. Ideal for any organisation offering play activities with children. " cffc.co.uk
" 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. "
playireland.ie
Donations always welcome
We don't need a great deal to do our work but the truth is, if you want us to be effective, we have to ask you for a small donation. (In fact, we've checked and we actually have spent under £250 in the past year to bring you: this site, Fair Play for Children News, added Publications and Library items. updated Facebook and Twitter, made Freedom of Information requests, written to Ministers, MPs, Councils etc - and reached many groups and people. Imagine what we could do with £2500! Volunteer effort = worth at least £24,000 in the same period btw.)
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