Have you seen the latest statement from he HSE about letting children play 

Children’s play and leisure: promoting a balanced approach

Health and safety laws and regulations are sometimes presented as a reason why certain play and leisure activities undertaken by children and young people should be discouraged. Such decisions are often based on misunderstandings about what the law requires. The HSE has worked with the Play Safety Forum to produce a joint high-level statement that gives clear messages tackling these misunderstandings. HSE fully endorses the principles in this Statement.

This statement makes clear that:

• Play is important for children’s well-being and development
• When planning and providing play opportunities, the goal is not to eliminate risk, but to weigh up the risks and benefits
• Those providing play opportunities should focus on controlling the real risks, while securing or increasing the benefits – not on the paperwork
• Accidents and mistakes happen during play – but fear of litigation and prosecution has been blown out of proportion

From the HSE website :- Children’s play and leisure: promoting a balanced approach.

I mentioned a while ago that Judith Hackitt, Chair of the Health and Safety Executive  had written a blog post about how playing outside is something all children should do.

The HSE have produced a statement quoted above supporting this you can read the full statement HERE and I suggest you do it is very interesting reading.

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