The Association of
Play Industries (API) celebrated its 35th
anniversary at its Annual General Meeting and dinner at Ardencote
Manor in the heart of Warwickshire.
The event on 2 May
also included the API’s inaugural golf event the following morning – a fun,
competitive tournament for members of all abilities.
API Chair Mark
Hardy, said: “In this our 35th year,
we will continue to campaign and lobby at the highest levels for renewed and
urgent investment in playgrounds.
"The AGM is an
opportunity to consider how far we’ve come and to plan for the future, and the
dinner and golf event provided a great chance to network and catch up with
industry colleagues. A huge thank you to our members for their continued
support.
“The recent Nowhere To Play and Movement for Movement campaigns and research have shown not only
that there is a steep decline in playground provision, but that children also
face a strong inducement from screens to stay indoors.
“So we are working
on some exciting new communications activities over the coming year to
stimulate renewed investment in playgrounds and promote the health and
wellbeing of children.”
Members welcomed Rob
Baker, Mark Grace, Charlie Howard, Helen Jones, Steve Sylvester, Mark Wood and
Bill Worthington for a further two-year term on the Executive Committee.
