Calling all children and young people aged 5-18 across Northern Ireland - your voice matters! At PlayBoard we know how important play is to children. We also know that Covid-19 has turned our world upside down. We want to make things better for you, especially as we begin to [...]
A new research report has been commissioned by The Play Safety Forum and written by Professor David Ball, Tim Gill and Andy Yates. The purpose of the report is to summarise emerging evidence on the effects of play restrictions in terms of: reducing the risk of Covid-19 [...]
PlayBoard is delighted to welcome our new Our Generation team to the organisation and introduce this exciting new project. The Our Generation project is supported by the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and is a collaborative partnership between Action Mental Health [...]
For member organisations – charities and those in the community, voluntary, private, and statutory sectors in Northern Ireland At this time of significant challenge for all, PlayBoard NI is undertaking a survey aimed at identifying the impact of Covid-19 on those members who are based within the charity, community, voluntary, [...]
PlayBoard NI, as part of the UK Play Policy Forum is working with Professor Helen Dodd from Reading University on a research project - The Northern Ireland Children's Spare Time Project. We are asking parents in Northern Ireland with a child aged between 5 and 11 to complete a survey [...]
Parenting NI have shared the results from their Big Parenting Survey 2019 which surveyed 1,358 parents across Northern Ireland last year. The charity reports that the biggest challenges for parents are: Mental Health - Technology - Changes To Society - Peer Pressure - Money [...]
Employers For Childcare has launched the 2020 Northern Ireland Childcare Survey for parents and childcare providers, giving you an opportunity to share your views. They are calling on all parents and childcare providers from across Northern Ireland to complete a short, online survey. At a time when the newly [...]
Work is progressing on the development of an Executive Childcare Strategy for Northern Ireland. This survey offers an opportunity to gather a range of information about practice, the characteristics of the workforce and importantly your views on the challenges facing the sector now and in the future. The results of [...]
The World Health Organisation reports that urgent action is needed to increase physical activity levels in girls and boys aged 11 to 17 years, with 80% of school-going adolescents globally not meeting current recommendations of at least one hour of physical activity per day. “The study highlights that young people [...]
Recent research from safefood has discovered that junk food is now the second-most eaten food group by children in Northern Ireland, with almost a quarter of children’s daily diets consisting of ‘junk’ foods such as crisps, biscuits, cakes, sweets and chocolate. With the research also showing that the highest [...]
