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Commercialisation of Childhood
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and the Culture Secretary have asked Professor David Buckingham to carry out an assessment of the impact of the commercial world on children's wellbeing. We want children and young people to tell us their views about media and entertainment, marketing and promotion, commercial websites, sponsored events, market research, and so on.
Launch Date: 7 April 2008
Closing Date: 30 June 2008
Fair Play: A consultation on the play strategy. A commitment in The Children's Plan
Proposals in the strategy aim to create strong communities which have a variety of places for children to play and in which they have a stake through their active involvement in design and decision making. We propose to make public space more child-friendly through a variety of actions including placing a stronger focus on spaces for play in the planning system; training for people who design and manage public space; supporting local community ownership of space suitable for play; and supporting more positive relationships between adults and children in public space. By publishing the strategy we want to raise awareness of how we can all help children and young people to play. The strategy document sets out the questions we would like you to respond to. This is an open consultation and all your views are welcome.
Launch Date: 3 April 2008
Closing Date: 18 July 2008
Higher Education at Work – High Skills: High Value
DIUS presents their high level skills strategy 'Higher Education at Work – High Skills: High Value'.
Through this they will consult employers, learners and higher education providers on what more they need to do to equip the workforce with the skills required for an innovative and competitive economy. Their strategy will be driven by demand from employers and learners.
Launch Date: 14 April 2008
Closing Date: 7 July 2008
ContinYou
ContinYou is urgently looking for case studies from the play sector that have demonstrated an impact: short, mid and/or long term, on families, children, the school and/or the community. In particular they are looking for those that have impacted on children's attention, concentration, confidence, engagement in learning, emotional health and well-being, physical activity, achievement (personal and/or academic) and/or contributed to community cohesion etc etc. If you would like to help please contact Jenna Hall at jenna.hall@continyou.org.uk, telephone: 07966 906 032.
September 2007
Calling all Play Researchers
Are you involved in researching children's play? If so, the Children's Play Information Service would like to hear from you. We are developing a database of current research on children's play, and are in the process of inviting researchers to submit details of their projects. The database will eventually be available on our website, and will provide an ongoing record of play-related research in the United Kingdom.
If you are involved in a research project, and would like your project to be included on the database, please email CPIS or telephone 020 7843 6303.
May 2007
Childrens Games Survey
Help bring up to date a 1969 games survey by building a comprehensive profile of children's current outdoor play in Great Britain, taking into account children's views on why they play the games that they do.
Launch Date: December 2006
On-going
