Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears

Children not allowed out partly because their exercise - playing - looked too much like fun', says campaigner

Children were stopped from playing outside during Covid partly because it looked like fun" and did not fit with the seriousness of the restrictions, the UK's inquiry has heard.

Alice Ferguson, the founding director of Playing Out, which campaigns for children's freedom to play outside, told the inquiry that play was fundamental for children's health and wellbeing, especially play outside with other children.