Play is critical for our wellbeing and lays a strong foundation for healthy growth across all the development domains including physical, social, emotional, creative, language, cognitive and cultural.  Opportunities for child-initiated, self-directed, play are important throughout childhood and adolescence. Play is a fundamental human right, enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and we owe it to all children and young people to make it a priority in every aspect of their lives. 

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