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The Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) would like to reassure our members that the UK leaving the European Union (EU) does not affect our strategic aims and the way forward that we have agreed to take over the next few years.  

Last week, the Children’s Commissioner for England followed up her calls for an end to the ‘battery hen existence’ children experience throughout the summer holidays with her report Playing Out – a timely call to reinstate the importance to children of play and physical activity before it is too late.

The Association of Play Industries (API), who uncovered the alarming decline in playgrounds in their Nowhere to Play report, has welcomed the £13m government pledge to help improve Britain’s parks.

Millions now without nearby park, playground or green space.

Government departments such as health, education and transport should have a minister dedicated to sports policy, according to several members of parliament.

The FSPA is collaborating with FMP Payroll Services to offer outsourced payroll services to our members. The partnership, which will run for an initial term of three years, will see the award-winning outsourcer offering FSPA members a discounted payroll service.

Sport England has entered into a technology partnership that will help people get physically active with the use of apps.

The Association of Play Industries (API) celebrated its 35th anniversary at its Annual General Meeting and dinner at Ardencote Manor in the heart of Warwickshire.  The event on 2 May also included the API’s inaugural golf event the following morning – a fun, competitive tournament for members of all abilities.

The Association of Play Industries has joined with other organisations in an open letter calling upon Local Authorities to put the wellbeing of children first and let them play.  Despite Government guidance specifically permitting public playgrounds to remain open, many LAs are closing their play spaces.

The Association of Play Industries (API) held its Annual General Meeting on the 26 April 2018 and appointed Fenland Leisure Products Managing Director, Andrew Sparrow, onto the Executive Committee as their new Vice Chair.

On Friday 26 June the Government published its guidance for managing playgrounds and outdoor gyms.  The Association of Play Industries has been inundated with queries about the guidelines and has released its own interpretation of the guidance.

The Association of Play Industries is attending the launch of the ‘Mental Health in Childhood’ report at the APPG on a Fit & Healthy Childhood at Westminster this evening.

Community groups or public bodies who want to transform underused sports centres or fields can apply for a slice of Sport England’s £7.5m (US$9.3m, €8.7m) facilities fund.

Strategies developed by the UK government to increase physical activity are far from robust, according to a new report, which found that less than 20 per cent of young English people do the required level of physical activity per day.

A consultation event held on 19 July by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) marked the start of an important dialogue between business and government as the UK enters negotiations over Brexit. The Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) was one of around 100 organisations invited to take part since the Business Stakeholders’ group was set up a year ago.

The Association of Play Industries (API) is delighted to announce that GroundsFest will be the primary sponsor of this year’s special Annual General Meeting to celebrate 40 years of the API.

The Association of Play Industries is one of a number of key organisations who will be working alongside Dr Helen Dodd from the University of Reading on the first large-scale study into how risky play affects children’s emotional well-being.

On Thursday 06 July 2023, the Association of Play Industries held a special Annual General Meeting (AGM) and dinner at Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire. During the event, they launched two new research projects focusing on enhancing children's play opportunities.

Protectors and campaigners for our parks and green spaces, Fields in Trust, have today released the findings from the first ever research study on parks and green spaces to use welfare weighting methodology.

Almost £45bn was saved in England over a 12 month period on health, crime and education as a result of the country’s investment in sport.