Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Ease social distancing requirements to allow parents to attend school sports day

Closed 223 signatures

What the petition asks

Due to covid-19 restrictions, schools are denying thousands of parents the right to attend their children’s sports days. We must give our children support in their school activities again.
Me together with many other parents are being told that we cannot attend our young children’s sports days. I find this unacceptable since you can limited numbers of people can now enter a theatre, football stadium, soft play, the cinema etc. We ensure our children stay to their class bubbles by dropping them off and collecting them from the same school around the same people twice daily. Sports days take place outside in the fresh air where COVID is much less transmittable.

Timeline

24 Jun 2021 Petition opened for signatures
24 Dec 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 223
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 24 Jun 2021
Closed 24 Dec 2021

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