This is a list of all posts recently made onto the API website.
The Association of Play Industries (API) has welcomed the announcement of the newly established Parks Action Group, to help safeguard…
Media: Nationals Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4407116/Obesity-warning-councils-shut-playgrounds-two-years.html Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/13/playgrounds-closures-threaten-childrens-health/ The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/hundreds-of-childrens-playgrounds-in-england-close-owing-to-cuts Mail Online http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/health/article-4407116/Obesity-warning-councils-shut-playgrounds-two-years.html Telegraph Opinion Online http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2017/04/13/council-bosses-continue-receive-excessive-pay-shutdown-services/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/playgrounds-closed-england-conservative-budget-cuts-tory-government-children-public-spaces-councils-a7682141.html …
Mumsnet, the website which campaigns on issues affecting parents, is today launching #Nowhere2Play as one of its Guest Campaigns. Chair of…
The response to our research, which uncovered a steep decline in England’s provision of playgrounds, has been extraordinary. The Telegraph, Guardian,…
The following organisations have kindly offered their words of support for our Nowhere to Play report: Helen Griffiths, Chief Executive,…
API Chair Mark Hardy reflects on what this new research means, showing a sharp decline in play spaces in England.…
Research undertaken by the Association of Play Industries has uncovered the extent to which local authorities across the country have…
The Association of Play Industries is calling on the Communities Minister to ensure the future of the UK’s parks and…
I’m Mark Hardy, Chair of the API. Welcome to my new blog. I lead the association’s strategic direction and, specifically,…
