Our Vision:
LOCAL PLAY, EVERY DAY
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Our purpose is to promote, enable and protect the right Australian children have to play, especially where they live. We exist to amplify child's voice regarding their play, we will advocate for children and their play, and we will influence conditions for children to play.
We operate with three core values; childism, a playful approach and checking the adult agenda at the door. Evidence demonstrates that play is many things to children, including an intervention tool for health, wellbeing, efficacy and life satisfaction. The organisation aims to secure child-led free play to build resilience and wellbeing for and with children, where play is not a privilege.
Mission
We work to influence opportunities and elevate conditions for children to play, and to make sure their voices are heard—especially where play is limited or treated as a privilege rather than a right.
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Children today have fewer opportunities to play than in the past. Play is in decline. It is of serious concern when children are absent from or pushed to the margins of everyday community spaces. The reasons for this happening are diverse and complex and span many areas, including education, health, psychology, urban design, the environment, and broader social factors.
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As a result, we are seeing rising rates of physical health issues, including serious cardio-metabolic disorders, as well as mental health challenges such as depression, loneliness and social isolation particularly among adolescents and young adults.
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If we want a healthier society and a sustainable future, we must collectively and actively recognise children right to play and create space, time, and acceptance for children to play. Supporting play is essential to helping children develop and thrive.
Logan's Cultural Play Map
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Structure and Management
Australian Institute of Play is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) governed by a Board of Directors. The AIP executive board is made up of seven Directors who oversee the organisation and meet monthly. Since AIP currently has a Logan focus, it is appropriate that majority of the Directors are Logan-based to better understand and overcome challenges with local knowledge.
The board heeds knowledge from our general members, which are made up of Logan residents and play related professionals. With a city-wide focus, population scale approach, Day to day operations are carried out by team.
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AIP is operationally guided by the Four Play Pillars and committed to the Logan Play Action Plans, a co-designed and co-created plan to make Logan the Most Playful City in the World!
AIP has an eye on the scalability and transferability. We predict there will be a continued success across Logan, and we believe that this approach could be implemented with similar successes in other locations.
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