Play and Leisure Policy
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Northern Ireland Executive's Play and Leisure Policy Statement (OFMDFM)
The aim of the Executive's Play and Leisure policy is to establish play within a policy framework that will place high value on play and leisure as an essential element in the development of children's lives, families, communities and society. The vision for Play as contained within the policy statement is:
"To recognise, respect and resource play is to recognise, respect and value childhood"
The play and leisure policy is set within the context of the 10-year strategy and contributes to the delivery of many of its strategic aims. To access further information:
http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/index/equality/children-young-people/play-and-leisure-policy.htm
Play and Leisure Implementation Plan (OFMDFM)
Following the publication of the Play and Leisure Policy for Northern Ireland earlier this year, the Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) has established an Implementation Group to take forward the development of age-appropriate implementation plans.
As a driver for ‘Our Children and Young People – Our Pledge’ the ten-year strategy for children and young people, the implementation plan will be underpinned by the following principles: Participation; Accessibility; Affordability; Flexibility; Diversity; Integration; Inclusion; Quality.
The group comprising a wide range of stakeholders is multi-agency in composition and PlayBoard was retained to provide technical expertise to the group. The group has been tasked with producing two implementation plans – one for the 0-11 age group and one for the 12-18 age groups. To do this, the group divided into the following three sub-groups: 0-11; 12-18 and Cross Cutting issues.
