Newsletter No. 106

Bringing Play Back: A 10-Year Vision for Children in England

We interviewed Eugene Minogue, Executive Director of Play England. Their new 10-year strategy, It All Starts with Play!, aims to restore play as a vital part of childhood across England by 2035. The goal: to make play normal, visible, and accessible for every child, everywhere.

Tomàs Jover: “Hopefully it were possible to eradicate hunger in the world and we could stay at home bored”

Gea XXI has been working for almost twenty-five years to change the lives of the most needy people in India and Ethiopia through educational projects. With one of these, it has prevented the closure of a school, which has now doubled the number of students.

Antarctica Under Threat: The Final Frontier Sea Shepherd Fights to Protect

Antarctica is facing unprecedented threats from climate change and industrial exploitation. Richard Barreno, President at Sea Shepherd Spain, shares how the organization is fighting to protect one of the planet’s last untouched ecosystems.

Martí Olivella: “We cannot continue to be indifferent to the misery and the constant death we see every day"

The activist and driving force behind the non‑violent struggle denounces the complicity of political, economic and media powers in the business of war and issues a call to organize from the grassroots to build a real alternative to militarism.

Rethinking the “war on drugs”: the Catalan Panel calls for policies focused on human rights and peacebuilding

The International Conference on Drug Policy and Human Rights held in June concludes with the need to overcome punitiveness and promote alternatives that put social justice at the center.

Share your perspective with the Demanoenmano Foundation

“10 Different Perspectives”, an opportunity to add perspectives on inclusion to the Demanoenmano Foundation website

Direct Action, Daily Action

The ocean sustains life, yet faces daily threats from human activity. Sea Shepherd Global fights to protect marine wildlife through direct action. This call urges everyone to join the fight to help save our oceans before it’s too late.

Strategic Play: 17 years on from England’s first National Play Strategy

Seventeen years ago—in April 2008—the last Labour government launched England’s first, and only, National Play Strategy. Today, we learn more about what Play England is doing to help. 

The pioneering Play Sufficiency Duty in Wales: how can we respond to children’s views?

Wales, one of the devolved nations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, was the first country in the world to legislate for children’s play.