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


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…


Playforce supports children’s hospices across the UK with natural play equipment

As part of Playforce’s ‘Nature Month’, the company selected children’s hospices across the UK to receive brand new ‘natural world’…


RTC Celebrates Record Breaking August & New Appointment

Summer is always a very busy time here at RTC but this summer proved to be busier than ever! In…


Nowhere to Play: obesity warning as playground closures go into freefall

New research shows that playgrounds continue to close at an alarming rate despite the government’s claims that they are tackling…


Blue plaque unveiling by The Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health & Social Care

It was 100 years ago that Charles Wicksteed made the first swing and so began manufacturing play equipment from his…