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ROUND UP VX rd


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Playscheme calls for public playground investment


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he playground creators at Playscheme are getting behind the Association of Play Industries “PlayMust Stay” campaign, which highlights alarming trends in playground closures and increases in children’s screen time. The API’s research shows that more than one public playground is closed every week with a 44%decrease in spend on play facilities forecast by 2020/21 when compared to 2017/18. Simultaneously, parents are highlighting that having access to playgrounds would make their active and that nearly rents are struggling to heir child to leave their ind.


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mixed and inclusive sport that is also accessible to the disabled. It increases participation and gets non-sporty children versatile, is suitable for all ages and abilities, and beginne pace in just ten minutes.


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It can be played as a team, singles or doubles, has had a massive impact in schools across the UK and is spreading rapidly internationally.


Sitting squarely in the National Curriculum, with discounts for education, it ticks all your PE & Sport Premium boxes. VX emphasises honesty and integrity in sport. Schools use it in many ways, both in the curricul school. It involves a massive amount of both aerobic and


anaerobic fitness,– um and for after-


but the youngsters don’t realise how hard they are working. As Helen Mackenzie (Director of Sport for Ripon Schools) said: “VX – it’s got the lot!”


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As API members, Playscheme is echoing the Association’s call for urgent and sustained investment in public play provision.


According to the company, “Whether it’s encouraging friends and family to use their local playg frequently,


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councils for playground investment, or using the


#playmuststay hash tag on social media, we can all play our part in securing the future of our playgrounds.”


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of parents with access to a playground said it makes their child play outside more


Skill up nort rth: can localismbridge the skills gap?


developing aMersey Tidal Power project. Big investment capital projects such as these demand a skilled local workforce.


To mark the publication of our latest quarterly skills shortage bulletin, the Edge Foundation are hosting an event on 12 November 2019 at Liverpool Town Hall asking if localism is the key to addressing the skills gap.We’ll be asking if a localised skills strategy national policy, the role of local employers in cu


lessons in localism can be learned from The PrestonModel.


Join us for a drinks reception at 6pmready forMetroMayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotheram’s keynote speech at 7pm.


12 November 2019, 6pm– 8pm, Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, Liverpool,


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n 2019, the government devolved the Adult Education Budget to the eight combined authority areas – Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, GreaterManchester, Liverpool City, London, Sheffield City, Tees Valley, WestMidlands and theWest of England. TheMetroMayors have since called for further devolution of 16-19 FE and skills policy and control of unspent Apprenticeship Levy funds.


Businesses might reasonably ask why those funds are returned to the Treasury rather than invested locally. It also raises questions about who should own the skills agenda and whether skills needs are best met by local policy makers.


In the Liverpool City Region they have launched the UK’s first UCAS- style apprentice portal, invested £460 million to introduce a brand new, publicly-owned fleet of trains for theMerseyrail network and are


44 www.education-today.co.uk.co.uk www October 2019 2019 It’s a free


event, but please reserve a place: L2 3SW


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rriculum design and what risks compromising


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