It was great to be at the launch of @starlight_uk & @NHSEngland Play well: guidelines for commissioning and designing health play services @uclh with Katie from @PlayTeamRLH @RLHchildren @NHSBartsHealth fab to have this work supported by @Duncan_CNO https://t.co/3VbWLaG32r

Love this! The Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht recently introduced a special 'Infuuts' for children attached to tubes and IVs. This way, despite their illness, they can continue to happily cycle through the hospital corridors! ❤️

What a fantastic way to kick things off at the #PEDALConference2024! Our key takeaways from Junlei's keynote presentation: Simple, ordinary interactions are the building blocks of healthy development for children and adults 🧱 @143neighbor @SimpleInteract1

Key takeaway from today: the priceless value of simple humanity and ordinary relationships, the sort found in every community, rich or poor, in building children’s resilience. Thank you @143neighbor and @PEDALCam #PEDALConference2024

Thanks to our wonderful friends at @PEDALCam for a brilliant conference. Putting research to work in policy and practice for children’s play, development, health, and wellbeing #PEDALConference2024

We're very pleased to welcome Christian Pau to our Board of Trustees. ⭐💚 Christian is VP and General Manager of the LEGO Group for UK and Ireland, so he knows a thing or two when it comes to play! 📰 Read all about it in our latest news article: https://t.co/87tRPPGd47

“Play isn’t just effective for transforming children’s health, it’s important for the health of the NHS.” We respond to Lord Darzi's report on the state of the NHS in England. 👉 Read our statement: https://t.co/ofeB2rLKlN

⭐ WORK WITH US ⭐ Want 'PLAY' in your job title? This could be you... We've got an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about play in healthcare, loopy for logistics, and savvy about relationship building. 👉 Find out more and apply: https://t.co/SxB4CjgYe5

Great networking and information sharing around play in healthcare yesterday. @nahpsofficial Thanks for hosting @tanyaod3 @NTPaedsNetwork Exciting to hear updates from @starlight_uk @LittJourney__ @leedscitycoll The future for play in health is looking positive @lisa_klseahorse

Child-focused… Meaning starting with child development, looking at what works, then spending time WITH children. Coproduction is key! @starlight_uk #pedalconference2024

I love this! Get the small details right- focus on evidence into action, make it engaging and fun, identify the change makers! #pedalconference2024

⭐️New issue of Focus on play⭐️ This issue is aimed at Regional Partnership and Public Service Boards. It considers the crucial role of children’s play in promoting positive mental health and discusses ways local and regional plans can support #play. 👉 https://t.co/Q9ejTGnGNc

"I'm proud to be working class, and I'm proud to be anti-racist working class as well!" Love this woman - interviewed by @novaramedia in Barnsley today ❤️ https://t.co/QFPhSuVWwJ

Ready for fun @LNWH_NHS

Today is #Playday2024 – the national day for celebrating children’s right to play. Play is every child’s right. On Playday and every day, let’s unite to create a more playful future for our children and teenagers. 👉 https://t.co/xbnVx5QeID #PlayAndCulture @NationalPlayday

🧸 It's @NationalPlayday today! Children need access to play as part of a happy, healthy childhood; including when they are sick and in hospital. This Playday, we are calling on everyone to join together to foster a culture of supporting play. #Playday2024 #PlayAndCulture

Happy National Playday A day to celebrate children’s play Play’s intrinsic benefit to children, families and communities is more joy, more life and more play. #Playday2024 #PlayAndCulture

Children in Leicester have access to community play spaces, where they can fully explore and express ways of being human. And eat, and stay safe and.. and.. this news is heart breaking. Great article @harrietgrant thanks for your work- as ever. #nationalplayday24

Health play specialist friends- please consider completing this survey!! Always good to see research appearing like this! 💜