Rejected petition Let children play sport with their school friends.

Let children who go to school together and spend the best part of 6 hours indoors, play sport together for 1 hour during organised club sessions.

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Children have suffered a lot of mental health issues during the last lockdown and now they’re being told they can’t play sport with the very same friends they’ve spent 6 hours in school with just because they have a different post code.

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All supervised activities for under-18s, including indoor and outdoor sports and exercise groups, are exempt from the rule of 6, provided relevant guidance is followed and risk assessments carried out: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-phased-return-of-sport-and-recreation/return-to-recreational-team-sport-framework

If you want children to be exempt from the rule of six, you might like to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550731

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Date submitted 30 September 2020
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