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PlayAhead specialise in the design and manufacture of timber outdoor play equipment and, in response to customer demand, have launched a range of treehouses, aerial walkways, climbing frames and platforms that promise to stir the imagination, encourage agility and provide hours of fun. Playahead say that all their


Adventure Play Equipment is designed with children and safety in mind and all designs promote imaginative play, balance and coordination skills in an exciting and adventurous environment. Their ranges for the domestic customer include Playtowers, bridges, treehouses, zip wires, aerial walkways and climbing walls as well as swings, slides and sand pits, Climbing Frames,


Timber Play Equipment & API News Imaginative timber play


leave it to us. As a true UK manufacturer all our Play Equipment is manufactured at our dedicated workshop in the Forest of Dean and we supply directly which means that there are no middlemen, no double markups, just excellent quality and value for money. At PLAYahead we appreciate that it is important to talk to the experts, so if there is any doubt on any aspect of the scheme we will visit to ensure that the choice made is the right one.


Treehouses & Outdoor Adventure Play Equipment while for the commercial market they produce a wide range of Adventure Trails, Climbing Frames and


Playground Equipment. The customer has no delivery worries and there is is no ‘waiting in’ for us to arrive & no helping us to unload the timber.They can just relax and


Finally I do feel that our thirty years experience with the Outdoor Education sector stands us in good stead with regard to our specifications and emphasis on Safe play”


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Play is an important business


The Association of Play Industries (API) takes a look at the work the new Government needs to do on play. Even before the election, with a new term of government in the offing, the API maintained its activity to keep play on the government agenda ready for the next administration. Pressing for future play


investment


Recent capital investment in play infrastructure and the recognition of the importance children’s play provision is improving but there is still work to be done on play and related issues. In 2009, the API published its ‘Politics of Play’ paper. It outlines the importance of play, not only to children, but to families and the wider community. In it, the API highlighted that; play keeps children fit and healthy, play helps children develop their sense of risk and active children become fitter and healthier adults.


Building on this paper at a House of Commons breakfast meeting Hosted by Janet Dean MP the primary aim was to stimulate debate on ensuring the sustainability of investment in play. Invited guests discussed key areas surrounding the benefits of play which included the play strategy and people’s thoughts on how it had impacted on play provision and also questioned had it delivered what people thought it would to date? They considered how the current investment into play could be maintained and the importance of a cohesive approach from the sector to promote the benefits of play and how cross-departmentally play can assist in the health agenda and obesity strategy. Guests included Jane Fienmann, Medical Journalist; Rowan Brockman, University of Bristol; Richard Vaughan Head of Play DCSF; Adrian


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Voce and Play England; representatives from four local authorities.


The API believes regular funding of play is essential as is ensuring key people cross departmentally understand the importance of play and how this can assist them in attaining their objectives and indicators. Then, just before the election, Play England gave that boost.


Play England’s Manifesto In April Play England called for four pledges from political parties at the recent election:


* For all children and young people to have the freedom and space to play enjoyed by previous generations: *To make all residential neighbourhoods child-friendly places where children can play outside *To give all children the time and opportunity to play throughout childhood *To give all children somewhere to play – in freedom and safety – after school and in the holidays. After seeing and learning so much from API’s Playful Places there is a whole exhibition to see at Playfair 2010. With so many exhibitor stands and the API’s always- packed seminars Playfair offers and excellent routs to getting down to government business.


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