P4PLAY H2020 Project

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Published February 7, 2022 | Version v1
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Exploring the children's right to play in a disadvantaged community: A P4PLAY research project in Occupational Science

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Queen Margaret University, Division of Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies. Centre for Applied Social Sciences and the Centre for Person centred Practice Research. University College Cork, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
  • 2. Queen Margaret University, Division of Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies. Centre for Applied Social Sciences and the Centre for Person centred Practice Research
  • 3. University College Cork, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy

Description

  1. Topic of study

The P4Play Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSC) Training Network is an innovative European Joint Doctorate (EJD) programme in Occupational Science for Occupational Therapists. This EJD was established in 2020 when 2.2 m was awarded to a consortium of researchers and play advocates, in the highly competitive Horizon2020 scheme. P4play is a collaboration between 4 academic universities in Ireland, Sweden, Scotland, and Switzerland, and 15 partner organisations in Europe and the USA. The P4play programme adopts a child's rights-based perspective and aims to investigate the nature of play occupation from diverse perspectives and contexts through the lens of People, Place, Policy and Practice (P4Play). This programme has employed 8 early-stage researchers. This poster presents one of the eight PhD, focused on exploring the children’s right to play in a disadvantaged community.

  1. Argumentation followed

Play is a fundamental occupation in children’s lives and a right recognized internationally by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. However, scholars and declarations are concerned about the lack of access to play opportunities for children living in disadvantaged communities. This may lead to play deprivation, which threatens the children and community’s human rights and wellbeing. Particularly, in Scotland, there are policy-makers, designers, organizations, and scholars who call for promoting outdoor play opportunities. Nonetheless, the literature has not clearly approached how is the play of children who live in disadvantaged communities yet. In light of this gap, this research project aims to gain a multi-faceted understanding of children and community members' perspectives for a play-friendly community in a disadvantaged neighbourhood of East Lothian (Scotland). A qualitative study with child-friendly and participatory methodologies principles will be carried out.

  1. Main conclusion:

This study will broaden play’s conceptualization from the children’s voices as play experts, which will inform the development of policies.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 861257.

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Veiga-Seijo, S., Kantartzis, S., Jackson, J. (2022).pdf

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Additional details

Funding

European Commission
P4PLAY - People, Place, Policy and Practice for Play 861257