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ASSOCIATION OF PLAY INDUSTRIES
Inspiring Play
for 25 years
As the Association of Play
Politically impartial, and with a wealth of Design
Industries (API)
knowledge and experience, the API aims One of the biggest challenges for the API
celebrates its milestone
to provide a united play-industry voice lies in one of its aims; to promote good
and has worked hard to form and play space design, installation and
25 year anniversary, its
develop close relations with government workmanship industry-wide, and its
crucial role as the leading
partners and relevant national bodies. members fully support the ‘Design for
trade body within the
Having developed a sound working Play’ guide published by the DCSF and
play sector has become
relationship with the DCSF and Play endorsed by the DCMS and
England, the API are consulted on a communicated through Play England.
ever more significant.
range of important industry issues – a This is an aspirational document which
liaison the API are keen to maintain and moves the previous guidance forward
develop going forward. positively.
Not one to rest on its laurels, the API The current debate within the industry
is ever hard at work with top topics such surrounding external unsupervised play
as Design, Risk and Procurement; just provision it not as simple as some would
three of the current issues high up on the have us believe, with terms such as KFC
API’s agenda: (Kit, Fence and Carpet) now replaced ‹
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