Explore Play Wales
Here is a summary of the latest play related articles, blogs, podcasts and magazines to be published online.
The play policy agenda in Wales: keeping up momentum
Guest blog article by Play Wales, Children in Wales
This guest blog article focuses on continuing the momentum of implementing the play policy agenda in Wales.
New garden and play space inspired and created by young people opens at Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board News
This article reports on the new play-focused outdoor space at Wrexham Child Health Centre. The space was previously featured as an example of a playful community in issue 62 of Play for Wales.
Issue 88, Spring 2024 – Centering Children’s Rights in a Time of Change
Children in Wales Magazine
This edition of Children in Wales’s quarterly magazine includes articles by Cafcass Cymru, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs and the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.
Blue plaque honours adventure playgrounds pioneer
Victoria Cook, BBC News
This article reports on the unveiling of a blue plaque honouring the pioneering landscape architect and child welfare campaigner, Lady Allen of Hurtwood.
Popular ‘toy library’ put back in place at Llandudno’s West Shore
Matthew Chandler, North Wales Pioneer
Many parents think it’s hard or boring to play with their children, a new survey has found
Freya Lucas, The Sector
The Play Well Podscast, Episode 32: Toybank India
Play Scotland
The lived experiences of play and the perspectives of disabled children and their parents surrounding brain-computer interfaces
Carina Siu, Manar Aoude, John Andersen and Kim D. Adams, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
How Play Supports Pediatric Patients’ Mental and Behavioral Health
The Toy Association
Playful healing: How play therapy can help children and teenagers cope with trauma
Genevieve Chan, The Straits Times