Playsafe Competition for Children

What is Playsafe?

Playsafe is a competition run by TSI inviting children to design a safe toy (on paper). Designed by the Trading Standards Institute in conjunction with the British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) it encourages a greater awareness of safety features in the design of toys.

The Playsafe Project is part of the TSI’s Young Consumers initiative, a competition designed to interest young people in consumer affairs and to raise their awareness of consumer issues and aspects of the world of work.

Who can enter?

Playsafe is suitable for students aged 6-11 and 12-17 (on 1 March 2010).

It allows pupils to study an interesting and worthwhile topic as well as promoting innovative individual or team work in the classroom.

How to enter

Further details on the competition and where to obtain an entry forms will be available here soon.

Closing date

The closing date for receipt of entries is 1 June 2010.  Entries should be sent to:

Playsafe Competition
Trading Standards Institute
1 Sylvan Court, Sylvan Way
Southfields Business Park
Basildon
Essex SS15 6TH

Rules

• suitable for students aged 6-11 and 12-17

• the toy needs to be for a child aged between 3 and 7 years

• the toy can be educational

• it can use high technology or it can just as easily be a simple toy

• it should be a toy that a child would love to play with – and be able to play with safely

Pupils entering the competition can be as creative as their imaginations allow! Teachers can join in the fun and provide guidance, but it will be the pupils’ creative ideas that we will be looking for during judging.

Judging

Final judging takes place at the TSI's Annual Conference and Exhibition in June 2010.

Further information about this competition and toy safety factsheets are available from the BTHA website.