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


Playgrounds are Number 1 place to play

Free-to-access, public playgrounds are the most common places for children to play according to a new national survey from the…


Playground closures creating pandemic of mental health problems

A new Parliamentary Committee report has called for investment in the UK’s playgrounds to halt and reverse the alarming decline…


Boris must match Scottish play pledge

The Association of Play Industries has today written to the Prime Minister and Ministers Matt Hancock and Robert Jenrick, urging…


End Play Poverty: API writes to Children’s Commissioner

Chair of the Association of Play Industries, Mark Hardy, has written the following letter to the Children’s Commissioner for England…


‘Build Back Better’ means children too: Calls on Government to include Play in the Mental Health Act

The Association of Play Industries has written to the Government as part of a campaign organised by the All-Party Parliamentary…


Summer of Play – 7 reasons why playgrounds rule!

  • Posted on Feb 16, 2021
  • BLOG

API Chair, Mark Hardy tells us why playgrounds are more important than ever this summer. We all know that outdoor…


Jon Dalton appointed Managing Director of the Play Inspection Company

The Play Inspection Company are pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Dalton as Managing Director with immediate effect. Keith…


#PlayMustStay: Invest in public play spaces or children face ‘perpetual lockdown’

In this extraordinary pandemic, alongside the tragedy of lost lives and livelihoods, there has also been a renewed appreciation of…


API joins calls to keep playgrounds open

The Association of Play Industries has joined with other organisations in an open letter calling upon Local Authorities to put…


Wingrave Village Playground – An amazing new community facility from Creative Play

The playground within the village of Wingrave, Aylesbury needed a full refurbishment – the area had an old bark pit…