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
Volunteer in Play - Employment Routes (ViPER project)
October 2013 - November 2015
The aim of VIPER is to transfer a volunteer training course to
improve the quality of vocational education opportunities for
adults entering the children's workforce. Through
collaboration, a partnership of 6 countries will
incorporate EU best practice to support children's play across
Europe and transfer this training programme and volunteering model
to become an EU recognised training course. The transfer of the
course has been funded with Leonardo Lifelong Learning Funding from
Europe.
The project will:
1. Adapt, develop and blend a play training course for
volunteers which aims to support learners in gaining skills to
improve their chances of employment.
2. Support training providers and organisations with the
resources and training to deliver 'Volunteers in Play - a route to
employment' (level 2) course.
3. Support learners to access volunteering opportunities within
the childcare and out of school childcare sector, further to
undertaking the 'Volunteer in Play' course.
To find out more go to our Funded Projects page or visit the
project website at www.viperproject.eu
