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Focus on play – How play supports children’s mental health

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Briefing

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12.08.2024

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Focus on play – How play supports children’s mental health

Author: Play Wales
Date: August 2024

This briefing is aimed at Regional Partnership Boards and Public Service Boards. It considers the crucial role of children’s play in promoting positive mental health and wellbeing and discusses ways that local and regional plans can support play.

It also explores the national and international policies that legislate for and endorse play as essential for children’s wellbeing. The briefing looks at key the role of playworkers in supporting children’s play provision.

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