Petition · past parliament

Enforce the display of minimum age/height restrictions in all soft play areas.

Closed 102 signatures

What the petition asks

As 1year old Zara played in a soft play area, no one anticipated the critical fall. Zara fell almost her height backwards resulting in serious injury. As soft play areas become more popular all infants/toddlers are at risk of harm because there are no displayed minimum height/age restrictions.
Although play centres often designate areas and display maximum age/height stipulations, there are rarely any minimum ones. In adventure playgrounds/parks there's minimum height/age guidelines but not always at soft play areas; often it's at the parent/carer's discretion despite the drops between platforms/steps being too dangerous for infants/toddlers to natigate. Nothing guides adults regarding minimum age/height, even a broken bone can be a life-threatening situation as it was for our Zara.

Timeline

10 Dec 2015 Petition opened for signatures
10 Jun 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 102
Status Closed
Opened 10 Dec 2015
Closed 10 Jun 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.