Covid-19 And Children’s Play Research Paper
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 [...]
PlayBoard NI Statement On Racism
News coverage of racial tensions recently has led to an outpouring of anger and frustration and has made many of us reflect on whether our policies, practice and actions are good enough. PlayBoard NI is committed to reviewing all [...]
The New Normal? Play’s The Thing!
We talk a lot about legacy and how it impacts on our ‘everyday’. Of course we all have a legacy. It’s the one that gets our foot to tap when a bit of music comes on, or to jump [...]
Webinar – How To Help Our Children Overcome Anxiety
In the first of a new series of webinars Bríd Duffy, Play Participation Officer at PlayBoard NI discusses the stresses and anxieties that children can face, how they can be supported to overcome these anxieties, and the importance of [...]
Fostering Resilience Through Play
Mental Health Awareness Week, led by the Mental Health Foundation, runs from 18-24 May across the UK. The theme of the week this year is Kindness. Play is instrumental in supporting children and young people’s mental health and resilience [...]
Logo Challenge
National Children’s Day is celebrated across the UK on 17 May 2020. To mark the day PlayBoard shared a challenge for children and young people to celebrate 35 years since the organisation was established. The challenge was to recreate [...]
Our Generation Team Joins PlayBoard
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 [...]
Parental Survey On School Age Childcare – Impact Of Covid-19
As we work towards the eventual reopening of School Age Childcare settings we have been asked by Government to provide an indication of the level of demand for services once they reopen. It should be noted that any future reopening [...]
Playing Through The Pandemic
How many of us as children, wished to have an endless summer where we didn’t have to go to school and we could play all day in the sunshine? I’m “just” old enough to remember 1976 when we enjoyed [...]
Playday 2020
Playday 2020 will take place on Wednesday 5 August. The theme for this year’s Playday is ... Everyday Freedoms Everyday Adventures. The Playday 2020 theme aims to highlight the importance of giving children and teenagers the freedom to play [...]
