Experts and practitioners back the Raising the Nation Play Commission’s call for a National Play Strategy in England

Over 1,200 leaders - ranging from GPs and health workers and headteachers to experts in the built environment, creative industries, physical activity and sports, and the early years, charity leaders, academics, and local government leaders - have joined the Raising the Nation Play Commission’s call for a new National Play Strategy for England.

Inquiry Calls For a New National Play Strategy for England to Reclaim Childhood and Tackle the Scourge of Addictive Doom-Scrolling

Inquiry Report Calls On The Government To Restore School Playtime Amid Warning That Play Is Being Squeezed Out Of Children’s Lives

The Raising the Nation Play Commission, a year-long independent inquiry into why play is critical to the wellbeing of children in England, publishes its Interim Report, ‘State of Play’. The Commission was launched in June 2024 by its chair, entrepreneur and campaigner Paul Lindley OBE - founder of Ella’s Kitchen, the UK’s biggest baby food business. It is working in partnership with former Children’s Commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank.