PLAYLINK / Free Play Network

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Our organisation is voluntary sector and provides indoor and outdoor recreation facilities to young children mainly 0-5 but also older ones during the school holidays. Last year we had a staggering 27,000 visits but I am STILL asked to prove to our funders that we are providing enough "outcomes" (I'd be a millionaire by now if I had a fiver for every time I saw that word).

Does anyone know where we can find some good but fairly brief evidence based pieces of research on the benefits of play?

I think most of us on this forum probably have enough nowse to know what these factors are (confidence, exploration, self-esteem etc) but, as I said above, some of our funders still need persuading!
Posted by: Nigel Scott-Dickeson, Project Manager, Springboard Project, -1 June 2020, 1-:13

I would be suprised if the CPC did not have plenty of suggestions and references. Suggest you email them direct.

By the way, is it clear what they mean by 'outcomes' - it's slippery term in practice.
Posted by: Benard Spiegal, Principal, PLAYLINK, -1 June 2020, 1-:13