Places to Play

  • If you’re going to enjoy your right to play, rest and enjoy your free time, there need to be places you can go to do this
  • Access to places and activities depends on lots of decisions made by adults
  • Your views and opinions should be listened to when decisions are being made about places to play

Having places to go to are an important part of your right to play and relax. This right in the UNCRC is not just about ‘playing’ either, but about taking part in cultural experiences – things like going to the theatre and concerts and visiting museums. The Welsh Government has promised to consider the UNCRC every time it makes a decision. Local Authorities also make lots of decisions about the area where you live. These decisions can affect whether you have enough places to play and how you can get to those places. These decisions can be about where to build houses, where to make new roads and decisions about public transport. They can also be decisions about how the local authority spends money and whether it invests in resources for young people or in something else. When a local authority makes these decisions, it should think about the UNCRC and your rights.