Adventure Play

Managing Risk in Play Provision

This statement by the Play Safety Forum is written for those involved in play provision. It addresses the balance between the benefit and the need for children to play against the duty of play providers to provide safe play opportunities for children.

• Managing Risk in Play Provision: A Position Statement, from the Children's Play Council.

PLAYLINK workshops

• Risk & Play: are we afraid of giving children the best possible play opportunities?

Playgrounds - risks, benefits, and choices

by Professor David J Ball, Middlesex University, published by the Health and Safety Executive, Contract Research Report 426/2002, April 2002.

"This report describes the first detailed strategic risk assessment of outdoor playgrounds in the UK for over a decade. It also reviews international research on risk factors. In summary, the risk of injury on UK playgrounds is found to be modest compared with the risks of many other activities in which children are encouraged, for accepted reasons, to participate."

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