Playwork South East

If you have received an allocation of fully funded places on the NVQ Level 3 or Transitional Modules through the SkillsActive/CWDC Level 3 Playwork Initiative, and you are looking for training providers delivering those qualifications in the south east, you will find details of SkillsActive Code of Practice training providers here.

Latest news: 

Click here for the latest from SkillsActive on the EYFS - September 2008.

Click here for the latest if you applied for free Level 3 training - September 2008

Facts and figures

From the Playwork People 3 survey in 2007, research into the region’s play workforce revealed that:

• More than three quarters of respondents said they are very likely or quite likely to be working in the sector in 2009
• The biggest challenges to play provision is funding, staff, premises/equipment, and government policy
• Playwork employers feel that the level of skill needed to do playwork jobs is increasing

You can read the full Playwork People 3 report here.

Working in the South East region

The south east has a virtual centre staffed by a Regional Development Manager, Hanna Boyce.  The centre has produced Play Professionals a training and recruitment DVD; Track Pack a Level 2 Trainers Pack; and we are holding our 7th annual playwork conference, Spirit of Play, on Saturday 14 March 2008 in Chertsey, Surrey - see the report from last year's event here.  As well as supporting employers and training providers in the region with resources, information and events, we are working with Re:Play, the play association for the south east, in setting up a regional infrastructure for play.

Contact

Hanna Boyce, Regional Development Manager

• hanna.boyce@skillsactive.com
• SkillsActive, Playwork South East
  PO Box 578
  Walton on Thames
  KT12 9DY
• Tel: 0845 125 9674 (local rate)
• Mob: 07525 733124
• Fax: 01932 700851