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Author:   Adrian Voce
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781447319429

ISBN 10:   1447319427
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   28 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

To play and to dream: restoring play to the heart of the campaign for children’s rights; For a change: finding the evidence for play policy; Advocates for play: playwork’s place at the heart of the play movement; New opportunities: lottery funding and the beginnings of public play policy; A vital and vibrant city: how devolved government in London set the benchmark for play policy; Making the case: the call for a national play strategy; Things to do, places to go: how play was overlooked by children’s services reform; Getting serious: the national play review; Lottery millions: the Children’s Play Initiative; Dirt is good: the Play England project; The best place in the world: the Play Strategy for England; Playbuilders: breaking the mould of the public playground; Everyday adventures: austerity brings an end to play policy in England; Skylarks and canaries: the legacy of the Play Strategy; A future unimagined: responding to children’s right to play: conclusions and recommendations.

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This is the story of the short-lived political recognition of children's play by the UK government. Adrian Voce takes us through the exciting highs and subsequent lows with great clarity, attention to detail and no little passion. Fraser Brown, Leeds Beckett University

This engaging and timely book is a really welcome addition to published work on play and policy in the UK. It will be an essential read for anyone seeking to understand how play and policy are interconnected in practice. John Horton, University of Northampton

Author Information

Adrian Voce OBE is a writer and consultant on public provision for children's play. As Chair, then Director of the Children's Play Council (2003-6), and founding director of Play England (2006-11), he had a key role in the UK Government's Play Strategy of 2008-11. A former playworker, Adrian was the first director of London Play (1998-2004), working with the Mayor to establish a play policy for the capital city.

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