Support children with a #SummerOfPlay they deserve
We’re partnering with Save the Children this summer to help get children active and playing outside again.
We are asking organisations to pledge to support a #SummerOfPlay as the COVID-19 restrictions ease. The number of pledgers will strengthen the open letter to the UK government, calling on them to back the #SummerOfPlay initiative and provide additional funding.
51% of children said they are playing outside and with friends less than before the pandemic*.
Almost a 1/4 of children revealed they’re playing less sport and being less active than before the pandemic*
Oxford Brookes University found that lockdown restrictions, reduced external play and more sedentary behaviour had the potential to damage children’s long-term development
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