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PlayFair 2012 –<br />
Celebrating Five Years of Play<br />
The UK’s national playground and safety surface event Playfair took place at the end of<br />
June at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry. Supported by the Association of Play Industries,<br />
this two day trade event has been hailed as the best to date.<br />
This year's PlayFair will commemorate<br />
five years of the UK's only play-dedicated<br />
annual trade show highlighting the<br />
latest and greatest innovations in play<br />
space construction and design.<br />
The first PlayFair was held in 2008 in<br />
order to provide a platform for API members<br />
to promote their products directly to<br />
communities and schools. It has not taken<br />
long for the reputation of PlayFair to grow<br />
over the years, with increasing numbers of<br />
visitors attending at every show.<br />
As PlayFair is both unique and free to<br />
attend it is a very attractive event for local<br />
authority staff from different sectors, such<br />
as children and youth services, or parks and<br />
open spaces teams, as well as parents who<br />
are active as school governors or on a local<br />
PTA.<br />
Every year, PlayFair features a comprehensive<br />
seminar program with several guest<br />
speakers who talk on various topics from<br />
funding and play design, to community<br />
engagement and the value of consultation.<br />
Last year's PlayFair was a high-profile<br />
success with the attendance of Olympic<br />
gold medallist, Sally Gunnell who gave an<br />
inspiring talk on the need for the government<br />
and communities to embrace active<br />
play as a pathway to sport in order to meet<br />
the London 2012 legacy targets.<br />
This year's PlayFair is already on-track to<br />
be the biggest show yet with a high level of<br />
sign-up from API members and strong<br />
numbers of visitors already pre-registered.<br />
An impressive show of support from both<br />
the play sector and local authorities, in<br />
spite of the difficult economic times, both<br />
for the play industry and communities at<br />
large.<br />
Held on the 19-20 June at Stoneleigh Park<br />
in Warwickshire, PlayFair 2012 is free to<br />
attend for all landscape, play and leisure<br />
industry professionals. Looking forward,<br />
PlayFair 2013 will be held on 18-19 June -<br />
we hope to see you then as well!<br />
For further information contact<br />
Ray Baxter at Brintex on 020 7973<br />
4695 or email: r.baxter@hgluk.com<br />
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