BTHA Resources
The following resources are available from the BTHA:
- Free access to all areas of the BTHA website except for the dedicated members-only area
- The BTHA Industry Sourcebook - online
- The BTHA Inventors Guide - online
- The full range of National Toy Council Leaflets
Other Sources of Information
Toy Industries of Europe produce a document with useful facts and figures for the toy industry which you can download here.
The National Association of Toy & Leisure Libraries (Play Matters) www.natll.org.uk produces a useful directory of toys.
Toy museums are dotted all over Britain and can sometimes help. You could also try the V&A Museum of Childhood for more information: www.vam.ac.uk.
The following publications cover toy safety:
The Single Market - Toy Safety published by the Department of Trade and Industry - available from DTI, Room 301, 10-18 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0NN - free of charge.
The Toy Safety Regulations 1995 - Available from all HMSO Bookshops priced £3.20 or by post from HMSO Publications Centre, P O Box 276, London SW8 5DT (0171 873 9090).
Main libraries may be able to make toy standards available under reference BS 5665 and EN 71.
