The report, Time for Play: Encouraging Play Opportunities for Children and Young People, published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport last week, summarises the current activity taking place across Government departments and in the voluntary sector on children's play.
It flags up significant developments over the past two years, including the Big Lottery Fund strategic play initiative and changes to service delivery, ranging from children's trust arrangements to local area agreements.
However, Issy Cole-Hamilton, policy and research manager at the Children's Play Council, said some changes to Government policy had endangered the future of children's play opportunities, despite what she called some 'encouraging developments'.
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