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Play in Healthcare Week 2025

Date

13-18/10/2025

Organiser

Starlight

Location

Throughout the UK

This year Play in Healthcare Week is celebrating 50 years of play.

The annual awareness week showcases the importance of providing the opportunity, space and time for play to children in hospitals.

During the week, Starlight will host the annual Health Play Awards – which recognises the outstanding contributions of health play specialists and other healthcare professionals who champion the power of play in healthcare settings. Nominations for the awards are open until 3 June 2025.

Get involved:

Share photos of how you’re celebrating Play in Healthcare Week on social media using the hashtag #PIHW and tagging @starlight_uk.

More information

Playful Childhoods

Play Wales’ Playful Childhoods campaign aims to help parents, carers and community groups provide more opportunities for children to play at home and in their neighbourhoods.

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