Campaigns

The Association of Play Industries campaigns for a future where every child has access to high-quality, local and free-to-access play spaces.

Public playgrounds are the number one location for outdoor play, but across the UK playgrounds are being lost, neglected or never built at all. This isn’t inevitable - it’s the result of decisions that fail to value play - and they can be changed.

Our campaigns are built on strong research and sector expertise to put play back at the heart of childhood.

Pathway to Play

Our manifesto champions the vital role of outdoor play in enhancing children’s health and wellbeing.

Equal Play

A study showing that children’s opportunities to play outdoors are a postcode lottery.

Play Must Stay

Research with parents revealed a tangible shift from outdoor play to indoor screen time.

Nowhere to Play

Research uncovering the extent to which local authorities have been closing children’s playgrounds.

A Movement for Movement

A report showing for the first time a strong link between screen time and children’s inactivity.

10 Sep 2024

Creating a Pathway To Play: Join us in urging the new Government to invest in playgrounds

The Association of Play Industries (API) is calling on the public to support its Pathway to Play campaign by writing to their local MPs, urging the government to invest in public playgrounds in their first Budget on 30 October.

Press Release