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  1. Playful communities
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Raise play awareness

You may want to get better play opportunities for your child and the other children in your community. There are lots of different ways you can campaign to make this happen.

In this section you’ll find practical information about how to campaign for play in your local area. This includes:

  • Working out what you want to achieve
  • Getting ideas about the different types of things you could do
  • Finding out who you’ll need to influence
  • Understanding how to involve children and teenagers in your campaign.
Campaigning for play in your local area

Campaigning for play in your local area

Ideas about what you want to improve about children’s play in your community and step-by-step guide to make it happen Read more

Published: 31st July, 2018

Updated: 19th March, 2020

Author: Lowri Roberts

Different ways to campaign for children’s play in your community

Different ways to campaign for children’s play in your community

Practical things you can do in your community to campaign about children’s play and how to involve your local councillors Read more

Published: 9th November, 2017

Updated: 24th September, 2018

Author:

Involving children and teenagers in your play campaign

Involving children and teenagers in your play campaign

How to include children and teenagers when campaigning for play in your community Read more

Published: 31st July, 2018

Updated: 20th August, 2018

Author: Lowri Roberts

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