Playing and Being Well: A review of recent research into children’s play, social policy and practice, with a focus on Wales (full version)

Russell, Wendy K ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5028-6428, Barclay, Mike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7940-5494 and Tawil, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-5293 (2024) Playing and Being Well: A review of recent research into children’s play, social policy and practice, with a focus on Wales (full version). Technical Report. Play Wales and Ludicology, Cardiff.

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Abstract

Playing and being well: A review of recent research into children’s play, social policy and practice, with a focus on Wales has been commissioned by Play Wales, and its policy context is a Welsh one. From the start, the devolved government in Wales has taken a rights-based approach to policy for children and has worked in partnership with Play Wales to develop national policy and strategy in support of children’s play. The Welsh Government was the first in the world to make children’s play a statutory responsibility for local authorities through its Play Sufficiency Duty, part of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010. At the time of carrying out this literature review, the Play Sufficiency Duty has been in operation for ten years and the Welsh Government is carrying out a Ministerial Review of Play. The aim of Playing and being well, therefore, is to provide current evidence to inform this ongoing work. It also provides an update to Play for a Change: Play, Policy and Practice – A review of contemporary perspectives, a literature review carried out by Stuart Lester and Wendy Russell and published by the National Children’s Bureau and Play England in 2008. Most of the research for the review was carried out between April 2021 and January 2023 and reflects what was available at that time.

Item Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Related records:	Playing and Being Well summary version Playing and Being Well briefing paper
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science
Depositing User:	Wendy Russell
Date Deposited:	17 Mar 2025 16:14
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2025 16:14
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14882

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