Welcome to Playwork Partnerships
Playwork Partnerships, part of the University of Gloucestershire
is a small, creative team of people dedicated to enriching children
and young people's lives, by supporting their wellbeing through
play.
We support the need to create the right environments for
children and young people to play through:
- Knowledge exchange
- Support
- Advocacy
- Research
Our primary focus is around creating learning communities that
inspire. This work includes an offer of learning programmes from
entry level training courses through to post graduate
qualifications in Higher Education, as well as keynote
speakers, online training and bespoke consultancy training courses
and seminars.
Our Current Project(s)
NEWS:
'Children's Access to Play in Schools' (CAPS) project off
and running!
Playwork Partnerships are pleased to announce that we have
been successful with our ERASMUS funded 'Children's Access to Play
in Schools' (CAPS) project. We are busy making plans for partners
and advisory group members to visit us and schools in February
working closely with Michael Follett of the Outdoor Play and
Learning (OPAL) company!
We are currently developing a website for this project but you
can start following us on Facebook at CAPS - Children's Access to
Play
Achieving Resilience Through Play and Drama (ARTPAD project)
September 2015 - August 2018
ARTPAD aims to support the engagement of children and young
people from disadvantaged backgrounds in formal and non-formal
education to help prevent early school leaving. The project
explores 3 complimentary aspects:
- Understanding resilience and children's development and
behaviour through play.
- Drama techniques for engagement with learning
- Drama and Play to build social understanding and behaviour
The project will run for 36 months from 1st September 2015. The
initial phase of the project will include visits to each country to
share examples of good practice currently delivered by specific
practitioners, organisations and individual projects. As a
result of a thorough research phase, partners will develop a best
practice guide for leaders of settings; subsequently the new course
will be developed and produced prior to piloting in each partner
country. Following the piloting and associated feedback, the
materials will be finalised and the work will be disseminated
through articles and other lobbying activity. Running alongside
this activity is project evaluation to support the recommendations
at the end of the project. Localised engagement/ dissemination
activities will ensure an effective opportunity to spread the
learning from the project.
