PLAY ENGLAND

Registered charity 1150216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Play England is the national children's play charity for England. Play England works to support better play opportunities for children and young people throughout England, based on the child's right to play set out in in Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Objects

4 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS, BEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ENGLAND, ARE:4(1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN PARTICULAR A CHILD’S RIGHT TO PLAY AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT (ARTICLE 31 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD);4(2) TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR IMPAIRMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;4(3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR IMPAIRMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;4(4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH QUALITY PLAY OPPORTUNITIES, AND THROUGH DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING HIGH QUALITY AND ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE PROVISION OF CHILDREN’S PLAY SERVICES;4(5) TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITIES AND NON CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTING PLAY OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVISION.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Buckchair
• Amber Kavita Ogunsanya William
• Catherine Eden
• Dr Amanda Gummer
• Euan Wilmshurst · trustee of 4 other charities
• Helen Dodd
• Kuldip Ubhi
• Panash Shah
• Richard Driffield
• Thomas Raymond-Hill

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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