This is a list of all posts recently made onto the API website.


An award-winning night at the BOFTAs for Playdale

Last night (Thursday 28th February) in Durham, Secretary of State for International Trade Dr Liam Fox MP presented Playdale’s MD…


A welcome £13m cash injection for parks, but it needs to be sustained

The Association of Play Industries (API), who uncovered the alarming decline in playgrounds in their Nowhere to Play report, has…


Timberplay scoop best Supplier award at NFAN Conference for the second year running

Timberplay were delighted to win the prestigious Best Supplier award at the 2019 NFAN Conference, held in Edinburgh last week.…


A crisis in childhood is happening every day, all around us.

The Children’s Play Policy Forum has today issued a policy statement identifying a crisis in childhood and calling for more children’s…


Kids’ screen time is an urgent public health issue. We must act now…

  • Posted on Jan 29, 2019
  • BLOG

Today’s media has featured two reports around screen time – that toddlers’ development is negatively affected by excessive screen time…


New report finds screens are displacing play as campaign calls for two-hour screen time guideline

A new report out today shows for the first time a strong link between recreational screen time and children’s inactivity,…


Government ‘just paying lip-service’ to alarming decline in parks and playgrounds

The Mail on Sunday’s Save Our Parks petition now has over 16,000 signatures and, as it has reached the 10k…


Proludic offers fresh insight into customer demand for children’s play in the leisure sector!

What if we told you that two out of three members of the UK public feel that keeping children entertained…


The closure of playgrounds – a false economy?

  • Posted on Nov 28, 2018
  • BLOG

In my last blog, I told you about the research we were working on.  Now published, it shows – all…


Wira going on a summer holiday

eibe’s delightful Wira unit from our paradiso range is the stand-out product in a brand new play area at Stonehouse…