In the next week or so, adventure playgrounds in Great Britain should receive an email from our friends and colleagues at Roanoke College, Virginia, USA, inviting them to participate in a survey to support and celebrate adventure playgrounds across Great Britain.
Roanoke College’s Data, Communities, and Playgrounds (DCPg) Project has developed a new interactive map based on data collated by London Play, Play England, The Playwork Foundation and individual volunteers including Jackie Boldon and Mick Conway. For more information about the origins of our list, visit playwork.foundation/apliststory.
This new combined list formed the foundation of Roanoke College’s subsequent desktop research, which gathered publicly available information to create a unique profile for each adventure playground to be featured on the StoryMap.
Now, we need the help of adventure playgrounds to validate and improve the information about their sites. There will also be the opportunity to add extra details and resources to enrich each adventure playground’s profile.
Why get involved?
💸 Participation is completely free – Roanoke College will host and update the map annually 📍 Put your adventure playground on the map (literally!) 🌍 Be part of the “live” picture of adventure playgrounds across Great Britain 🤝 Connect and collaborate with other adventure playgrounds 📣 Share your listing with your communities, funders, supporters, and boards ⏱ The survey only takes about 10 minutes to complete
The StoryMap is expected to go live this Autumn 2025. Once it’s launched, we’ll share the link with the Adventure Playground Network and post it on our website – and from there, it’s free to share far and wide!
If you’re an adventure playground and don’t receive an email within the next week, please contact PCRGroup@roanoke.edu to request it again.
As part of Scotland’s Play Park Renewal Programme, the Scottish Government and Play Scotland have launched the first nationwide consultation on local play parks.
The survey asks families and carers across Scotland to share their experiences of local play parks by considering questions like:
How often do you visit?
How long do you stay?
What works well in your local park?
And, what improvements and new features would you like to see?
The survey aims to evaluate current play park facilities to inform future Scottish Government policy and ensure funding to renew play parks reflects the needs of local families and their communities.
Though only open to people accessing play parks in Scotland, if you’re south of the border, you can help reach colleagues, family and friends in the Land of the Brave by sharing the survey.
A ready-made comms pack is also available that includes posters and template newsletter pieces and social media posts to help spread the word.
A petition launched by play-based learning consultant Ruth Lue-Quee is urging the Westminster Government to make play and enabling environments statutory for children aged 5 to 7 in England’s Key Stage 1. With over 31,000 signatures already secured – triggering an official government response – it now aims for 100,000 signatures to force a parliamentary debate.
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), for children aged 0 to 5, ensures providers deliver learning and development requirements that embed play and have regard to “enabling environments”, where resources support child-initiated and adult-supported activities.
“Play is essential for children’s development, building their confidence as they learn to explore, relate to others, set their own goals, and solve problems. Children learn by leading their own play, and by taking part in play and learning that is guided by adults”
Department for Education
However, at Key Stage 1 (KS1), Years 1 and 2 (ages 5 to 7), there is no statutory requirement to maintain these play-orientated, child-led approaches. This petition seeks to bridge that gap by embedding EYFS principles into the statutory KS1 curriculum.
By extending the EYFS entitlement into Key Stage 1, schools in England would have to ensure areas for play-based learning and open-ended resources are always available to children aged 5 to 7 in school. It would also bring alignment with Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, where play and enabling environments remain central to primary curricula:
🟨 Northern Ireland
Learning Through Play at Key Stage 1 from the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) outlines how play supports all areas of learning in Years 1 and 2.
Statutory guidance Building the Ambition from the Scottish Government provides a national definition for “play and learning” as referred to in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
🟥 Wales
The Curriculum for Wales, introduced in 2022, embeds play across its 3 to 16-years-of-age framework. Developmental pathways such as exploration, communication and well-being provide a child-led foundation that continues throughout early education.
The Early Childhood Play, Learning and Care (ECPLC) Plan from the Welsh Government sets out principles, workforce standards and quality indicators to support play-rich environments across early childhood settings.
Encourage colleagues and parents and carers to add their voices
Contact local schools, nurseries and other childcare providers
You can also contact your local parliamentarians and politicians:
Contact your Member of Westminster Parliament (MP), and Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) or Member of the Senedd (MS) as applicable
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The child wearing is was confident and chatty. She was laughing and climbing and joking with her mates. And all the while, she was talking to us, a group of visiting adults, showing us how the site works and what children do there.
She really belonged there on that Playground. Really belonged. She was in her element. She was like sunshine bouncing off rippling water. She was happy with who she was.
I told her I liked her hoodie and asked if I could take a picture. She was happy with that, very happy. I said I wanted to have a picture without her face in it, so I could share it with random people and tell them the story of her hoodie. She laughed and we said goodbye. Then she went on playing.
Join us on Fridays at 3pm for Playwork in Progress – a reflective practice conversation for Playworkers all over the world.
Bring your own story.
Or stories.
We love to hear your stories.
This is how we learn, from our source material. From children.
Penny Wilson is a Trustee of The Playwork Foundation and voluntarily chairs Playwork in Progress – a free weekly online reflective practice session for playworkers anywhere in the world. This usually takes place each week on a Friday afternoon 3-5pm BST (until 26/10/25 when it will revert to GMT).
PETC England is looking for its next Chair! If you’re passionate about playwork training and ready to influence its future, this is your chance to step into a crucial leadership role.
The Playwork Education and Training Council for England (PETC England) plays a pivotal role in shaping playwork training, and qualifications. Bringing together sector leaders, trainers, employers, and practitioners, the council drives discussions on the big challenges and opportunities facing playwork in England. With secretariat support from The Playwork Foundation, PETC England aims to ensure that the playwork workforce has a strong, united voice in policy development, best practice sharing, and professional standards.
Bringing the Sector Together
One of the Chair’s responsibilities is to ensure PETC England remains a dynamic and effective platform for collaboration. This includes fostering productive engagement with Playwork Education and Training Councils in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, ensuring transnational learning and the sharing of best practices.
Beyond leading discussions, the Chair supports the council in taking action – helping to translate ideas into progress, whether in qualification development, employer engagement, or responding to emerging challenges within the sector.
The Right Fit?
Individuals with expertise in playwork, qualifications development, employer perspectives, or FE/HE training environments are well-placed to contribute to PETC England’s leadership. The Chair should be confident in facilitating discussions, balancing diverse viewpoints, and ensuring structured dialogue leads to meaningful outcomes.
Expressions of interest are now open for PETC England’s Chair position, with applications invited until 27/06/25.
Play England describe the ideal candidate as having experience and knowledge of:
The playwork sector
Training and qualifications in England, including further and higher education
The needs of playwork employers
The development and accreditation of qualifications
They also describe the responsibilities as including:
Chairing 2-4 online meetings per year
Being unbiased in the role of chair
Communicating with other PETCs across the UK
Following-up on actions from meetings
Those interested in taking on this key leadership role should submit a statement of interest and a CV to PETC@playengland.org.uk by 27/06/25.
Job Description and Terms of Reference for PETC England below:
The opportunity to lead PETC England is more than just chairing meetings – it’s about making a lasting impact on the future of playwork education and training. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply and be part of a sector-wide effort to ensure playwork professionals receive high-quality training, recognition, and support.
The second annual International Day of Play took place on Wednesday this week. The aim is to highlight play as not merely a leisurely activity but a human right – enshrined in Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In her 2025 message, Robyn Monro Miler, President of the International Play Association, reminded us of this right but also pointed to opportunities for children to play being dependent upon where they live, their gender, their abilities, their families and their communites.
Robyn goes further to suggest that the International Day of Play is not merely a celebration or an opportunity to raise awareness, it is a day of reflection. A day to recognise the barriers to play.
Who in your community does not have the opportunity to play every day?
What are the barriers to children playing every day in your community?
And who are the people in your community you can work with to remove those barriers?
And finally, what action can you take together to ensure that all children not only have the right to play, but can play every day?
International Day of Play was also the launch of the much-anticipated final report of the Raising the Nation Play Commission which was launched a year ago by Anne Longfield and Paul Lindley to campaign for children’s right to play in England.
Play England hailed the report as “a call to arms”, putting its full support into the core asks and drawing the parallels to their own 2024 manifesto and Open Letter to Government. With participation by Eugene Minogue, Play England’s Executive Director, and a number of Board member as Commissioners, it is not surprising that the blueprint is aligned with their new 10-year strategy, It All Starts with Play!
In a blog from Play Scotland’s Chair, the report was framed as “a real milestone for play in England” and an opportunity for England to “to seek to align with so many of our successes” [in Scotland], including their 2019 Statutory Play Sufficiency Duty.
PlayBoard Northern Ireland’s CEO, Alan Herron, attended the House of Lords launch and lamented that “whilst the report is England-focused, Northern Ireland faces similar challenges” to those described in the report.
National Play Strategy for England – A 10-year, cross-government plan, led by a dedicated Minister for Play in Westminster.
Statutory Play Sufficiency Duty – A duty on every local authority in England to audit, report on and secure sufficient play opportunities.
Annual Play Fund (£125 m) – A ring-fenced budget (potentially from sugar-levy revenues and unspent developer contributions) to sustain playgrounds, street playschemes and playworkers.
Planning Policy Reform – Strengthen the National Planning Policy Framework in England to mandate play-friendly design in all new developments and ban “No Ball Games” signs.
Play in Education – Embed play across the primary curriculum; guarantee daily, protected play times; ban smartphones during the school day; promote “always-active” uniforms.
Digital Play Safeguards – Raise the digital age of consent to 16; prohibit “addictive-by-design” features in products marketed to children; and a national digital-detox campaign.
Child-Rights Protections – Incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic law; outlaw any discrimination that blocks a child’s access to play.
Play-Focused Family Hubs – Roll out play-first Family Hubs with “parent play champions”, ensuring every family can access screen-free play support.
Community Play Services – Expand street-play permits, playranger patrols, mobile play buses and toy libraries, prioritising low-play and high-poverty areas.
Play and Public Health – Establish a “play-on-prescription” pilot in the English NHS; and embed play support within mental-health and healthy-weight programmes.
Parental Engagement Campaign – Government-led information campaign on why play is important and how parents and carers can help children play safely every day.
Cross-Sector Leadership – Form an All-Party Parliamentary Group on Play, backed by clear accountability across Transport, Housing, Education, Health and the Department for Culture Media and Sport.
Jane Dodd MS and supporters in front of the Senedd
Back in 2010, Wales became the first UK nation to introduce a statutory Play Sufficiency Duty through the Children & Families Measure 2010.
In the same vein, Wales was first in the UK to place children’s rights on the statute book with Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011 requiring Welsh Ministers to give “due regard” to Part 1 of the UNCRC whenever they make or review legislation and policy.
Whilst this established mechanisms such as children’s rights impact assessments, it stopped short of giving children a direct court-enforceable right unlike Scotland’s UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 which allows enforcement of UNCRC rights in Scottish courts.
However, a week before International Day of Play, Bil Pob Plentyn (“A Bill/Law for Every Child”) – a legislative proposal calling on the Senedd to enshrine a Right for Every Child in Welsh law – was launched on the steps of the Welsh Parliament by Jane Dodds MS. If passed, the Bill would close that gap and ensure that every every child in Wales has a legal right to be heard, protected and supported.
Meanwhile, the Isle of Man’s One World Centre brings us back down to earth by using June 11 to remind us that in places like Gaza and Sudan, play is a distant dream under siege and displacement. Their social-media post linked the right to play with the right to safety, food, water and medical care, urging governments to uphold humanitarian law before anything else.
And, closer to home – reflecting on the IPA President’s address from the beginning of this article – I found it difficult to celebrate this International Day of Play.
A passionate playworker I know asked for nothing more than a few reasonable adjustments to accommodate their needs. Though adhered to at first, eventually they were met with offhand quips describing them as weird (amongst other things), quietly removed from their job without so much as a proper health assessment, and eventually hidden away and silenced.
That injustice underlines a painful truth: we can proclaim play as a right on paper, but unless our organisations match those words with genuine empathy, clear duties and real accountability, we fail both the children we serve and the very people who help to bring play to life. If Bil Pob Plentyn and other rights-based milestones are to have meaning, they must shield every playworker- as they should every child – from being punished for simply asking for things that bring them peace and enable them to share this world. Only then can we truly mark June 11th as more than a slogan, but as the start of real, everyday change.
The New Dawn light sculpture at the entrance of St. Steven’s Hall celebrating women’s right to vote
In evidence submitted to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee at the end of April this year, Play England put forward a comprehensive case to introduce a new clause to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 that would require local authorities in England to secure sufficient play opportunities for children – effectively creating a Play Sufficiency Duty in England.
Yesterday, that vision moved closer to reality when Labour MP for Bournemouth East, Tom Hayes, formally tabled amendment NC82 to the Bill to enshrine this duty in law.
Big moment for play! 🛝
Working closely with @PlayEngland, @TomHayesBmouth MP has officially tabled an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. It calls for a statutory Play Sufficiency duty to be embedded in planning law.
In what Eugene Minogue, Executive Director of Play England, described as a “big moment for play”, the amendment constitutes the closest move towards a Play Sufficiency Duty in England.
So, what does the proposed clause say?
As outlined in Play England’s evidence submission, the clause would place a statutory duty on all local authorities in England to “so far as reasonably practicable, assess, secure, enhance, and protect sufficient opportunities for children’s play when exercising any of its planning functions”.
To do this, local authorities must:
Undertake and publish play sufficiency assessments
Evaluate and report on the quantity, quality, accessibility, inclusivity and integration of play opportunities
Incorporate the findings and recommendations of such assessments into local plans, relevant strategies, infrastructure planning, and development decisions
Deny planning permission that would result in a net loss of play spaces
Require new developments to provide high-quality, accessible, inclusive play opportunities
Consult regularly with children, families, communities, and play professionals regarding play provision
The clause also includes the following definitions:
“play” means activities undertaken by children and young people that are freely chosen, self-directed, and carried out following their own interests, in their own way, and for their own reasons
“play opportunities” include formal and informal play spaces, parks, open spaces, streets, schools, neighbourhood spaces, natural green areas, active travel routes, supervised play settings (including adventure playgrounds), and community recreation facilities;
“sufficient” means adequate in quantity, quality, accessibility, inclusivity, and integration within community infrastructure.”
With the launch of Play England’s new 10-year strategy – It All Starts With Play – in Westminster just a few weeks ago, the excitement and momentum around play in England is hard to ignore. But, the legislation isn’t over the line yet!
So far, the amendment has the backing of 48 Members of Westminster Parliament. But further explicit support from your Westminster MP will help us ensure that a play sufficiency duty in England becomes a reality.
However, time is of the essence as the amendment is due to be heard on Monday!
Is your MP’s name on the list below?
If not, here are some things you can do:
Contact your MP – Write an email explaining why the amendment is important to you and your community. Politicians receive mountains of correspondence, so adding the personal touch will make it stand out. Find out who is your local MP by visiting WriteToThem.com.
Contact other politicians – Garnering the support of other politicians, particularly from the same party, might also encourage your MP to back the amendment. You might approach your local Community Councillors/Parish Councillors and County Councillors. In Wales and Scotland, ask your Members of the Senedd (MSs) or Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) respectively to lobby their Westminster counterparts sharing the example of play sufficiency duty in those countries.
Attend constituency meetings – Attend you local MP’s surgeries and discuss the issue in person. Most MP’s have their own website or social media where such information will be available.
Engage your CLP – If you’re a Labour Party member, ask your local group to discuss (and support) the amendment.
Sponsors of the amendment as of 06/06/25 14:00:
London & South East England
Ms Polly Billington – East Thanet (Labour)
Natasha Irons – Croydon East (Labour)
Ms Stella Creasy – Walthamstow (Labour)
Daniel Francis – Bexleyheath and Crayford (Labour)
Dame Siobhain McDonagh – Mitcham and Morden (Labour)
Mr Calvin Bailey – Leyton and Wanstead (Labour)
David Burton-Sampson – Southend West and Leigh (Labour)
Tom Gordon – Harrogate and Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)
It’s just a meeting. I can see why some may come that conclusion. But, when the Adventure Playground Network meet later today, it as a show of resilience from a sector that has been transforming communities for decades.
Anyone who has worked or spent time on an adventure playground will know that these places are much more than amphitheatres for locomotor play. As detailed Professor Ben Highmore and Dr Mike Wragg’s recent briefing, children are co-producers of the space. This essential “self-build” ethos empowering children and young people to create ownership of their community whilst also fostering creativity and independence.
Over the past 15 years, the playwork sector has faced unprecedented funding cuts and dwindling national support in England – a context explored in “Encouraging State of Playwork in the UK”. Though these reductions have been the death knell for many community projects, adventure playgrounds have emerged as remarkable examples of resilience. Their mixed funding models and reliance on resourceful “competent social actors” have allowed them to not only survive but, in some cases, thrive.
Today’s meeting is a testament to the commitment of those who believe that the benefits of free, child-led play far outweigh the short-sighted risks of a hyper risk-averse society.
The creation of the Adventure Playground Network for Great Britain and Northern Ireland stands as a powerful response to the challenges posed by diminishing local government budgets, rising insurance costs, and political disinvestment in Westminster. Born out of chance encounters and a shared vision, the Network is a democratic, non-hierarchical platform where ideas are exchanged and best practices disseminated.
Today, discussions build on previous meetings – from tackling insurance premium challenges to exploring evidence-based policy solutions – to further enhance the sustainability of these invaluable community assets.
In today’s session – Chaired by London Play’s Fiona Sutherland – our agenda includes:
Play ‘n’ Politics: What are your stories of political support (or not) for play where you are? It could be interactions with your local Community/Parish Councils, County Councils and Councillors, Members of Westminster (MPs), Holyrood (MSPs), Senedd (MSs) and Stormont Parliaments, or even Cabinet Ministers(!).
It All Starts With Play: News and views on the launch of Play England’s new 10-year strategy and a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Play!
Play Commission: Reflections on the adventure playgrounds round-table plus an update on submissions
Today’s gathering is more than a routine meeting – it is a celebration of the people who make play. Whether you are a seasoned playworker, an emerging community leader, or a passionate advocate for children’s rights, your contributions are warmly welcomed.
As we look to the future, The Playwork Foundation remains committed to fostering inclusive spaces, advocating for robust playwork practice and policy, and encouraging initiatives that empower children. Together, we will ensure that the spirit of adventure playgrounds continues to inspire change.
This week, on the banks of the River Thames, Play England unveiled It All Starts with Play – their 10-year strategy aimed at restoring children’s freedom to play by 2035.
The Decline of Play—And the Case for Change
Its not news to playworkers that over recent generations, play has been systematically eroded. It’s a depressing normality for us to be aware that where children once freely explored and played on their streets and in their communities, today childhood is shaped by fear, inequality, spatial injustice, control over time, and loss of child-friendly and play-permissive spaces. We also know that the impact of play deprivation is profound, and no doubt contributing to worsening mental health, reduced physical activity, and deepening social inequalities.
It All Starts With Play outlines play as not a luxury but as a fundamental right, enshrined in Article 31 of the UNCRC. Yet England lags behind Wales and Scotland, both of which have enshrined children’s right to play into law.
At the heart of the strategy is the STAR framework, developed by Dr. Naomi Lott at the University of Reading, which aims to ensure play is embedded in policy and practice:
Space: Physical and mental freedom to play, imagine, explore, and belong. Time: Protected, unstructured time for spontaneous, self-directed play. Acceptance: A culture that recognises and celebrates play as a right. Rights: Legal, policy, and planning systems that secure and uphold children’s right.
This strategic framework guides the four key priorities:
Spaces – Investing in parks, streets, adventure playgrounds, and digital play spaces.
Skills – Recognising playworkers and community enablers as essential.
Systems – Advocating for national policy, legislation, and sustainable funding.
Society – Shifting public narratives to make play visible, accepted, and protected.
The launch of the strategy comes at a time of increasing political interest in play in England. In January 2025, play was debated in Westminster for the first time in eight years. The establishment of an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Play was also launched at the event this week, further reinforcing a route to secure national play sufficiency legislation for England.
The alignment between Play England’s strategy and the objectives of our Play Commission underscores the importance of collaborative efforts in creating environments where children can thrive.
Thanks also to Tom Hayes MP for his leadership within Parliament ensuring children’s play is high on the political agenda to help deliver a better future for all.
Paul Lindley, chair of the Raising the Nation Play Commission.
PlayNation, in their coverage, emphasised the push for a new National Play Strategy for England, echoing Play England’s call for systemic change. Meanwhile, an article in The Guardian outlined how planning laws might evolve to integrate play into urban design, urging MPs to champion play-friendly policies.
I have yet to read the strategy with the necessary attention to detail, but it does feel like both an opportunity and a call to action. An appeal for collaboration to secure a future where every child has the freedom to play. As my union rep says, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so I intend to sit down and tie a napkin around my neck soon.
Have you read the strategy? What are your thoughts?
On Wednesday, 6th August 2025, children, families, and communities across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will celebrate Playday 2025 – the UK-wide annual day for play. And this year’s theme has been announced as Spaces for Play!
Specifically, the theme is a call for spaces for play that:
Are inclusive and welcoming for children and young people of all ages and abilities.
Provide accessible, safe, and playful spaces where children can play freely in their local community.
Maximise opportunities for play in schools, childcare, and youth settings
Are shaped by the voices, needs, and experiences of children and young people themselves.
Support play that promotes fun, friendship, being active, enjoying nature, and building a strong sense of belonging.
Encourage families, carers, and communities to come together through play across generations.
There is a clear emphasis on play spaces that are accessible, inclusive and safe environments for play that are also part of the fabric of communities – not siloed, reservations for play. The theme also clearly advocates for genuine participation of children and young people, where their lived experiences are heard and help shape the environment.
Organised by Play England, PlayBoard Northern Ireland, Play Scotland and Play Wales, Playday is both a celebration and a campaign. It reinforces the fundamental right to play for children – enshrined in Article 31 of the UNCRC – and serves as a reminder to community members, politicians, teachers, shopkeepers, everyone(!) that play is essential for children’s physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Why Spaces for Play Is Important
Play is not a luxury—it’s a necessity. Safe, accessible play spaces allow children to explore, take risks, and build relationships. Remove these opportunities, and children and young people are deprived of the key experiences necessary for their overall well-being. For many, a lack of adequate play environments – due to restricted outdoor space, unsafe streets, or reduced investment in community play provision – has been a longstanding reality.
This call for inclusive spaces isn’t just theoretical. Diagnosed as neurodivergent only in recent years, I have seen up-close-and-personal how advocating for my needs can sometimes be met with resistance and outright rejection. Even as a fairly confident thirty-something who can articulate my case, such experiences have been devastating, frustrating, and isolating. Imagine what it must be like for children – especially for those who communicate in different ways or who struggle to communicate at all.
Using terms like “accessible”, “inclusive” and “safe” must go beyond mere lip service. It’s not enough to simply say “everyone is welcome”. Creating spaces where the “voices, needs, and experiences” of all children shape the environment requires us to listen—not just to those who speak the loudest, but to the quiet, the misunderstood, and, critically, those children who aren’t yet present.
The encouraging news is that resources and guides are emerging to support individuals and organisations to make their Playday events more accessible and inclusive.
If you’re already busy on Playday, did you know there are other dedicated days for play around the world?
World Play Day (28 May 2025)
Observed across multiple countries, including Germany and France, this annual event promotes child-friendly environments and policies that support play. In Germany, Weltspieltag is led by the German Children’s Fund, while France’s Journée Mondiale du Jeu encourages families and communities to embrace play in daily life.
Each year, local authorities in the Republic of Ireland organise events that celebrate children’s right to play, supported by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The initiative aims to create accessible, high-quality play experiences for children across Ireland.
First celebrated in 2024, this global event was created to promote play as a fundamental right. The 2025 theme, “Choose Play – Every Day”, calls for a shift in attitudes to ensure play is prioritised in childhood policy, urban planning, and education systems.
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