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Playwork South East - part of the Southern Tri-Region
Details of SkillsActive's involvement with Playwork in the South East
Latest news:
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Accessing the best quality training and funding opportunities within Playwork:
SkillsActive and the National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure are working together to explore opportunities for funding for skills development and training within Playwork and signposting you to the best quality training available. In order to focus our efforts in the most effective way, we would value your input on where your current training and development issues are. Please could you spare ten minutes of your time to complete our short training needs analysis here before the end of March. -
Playwork Learning and Skills Strategy 2011–2016:
SkillsActive has launched a consultation on its UK strategy for playwork, education, training and qualifications - Playwork Learning and Skills Strategy 2011–2016 - and is urging the playwork sector to get involved. It follows our first playwork strategy Quality Training, Quality Play (QTQP), which is founded on the principle of Article 31 of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, recognising play as a right and being fundamental to children’s quality of life. Deadline for the consultation is 9 April. More information and details of our consultation events here. -
Spirit of Play 2010:
SkillsActive's south east regional playwork conference, Spirit of Play 2010, will take place on Saturday 13 March in Chertsey, Surrey. Sponsored by Play England South East and Surrey County Council, this year we are welcoming as keynote speaker Liz Elsom, Divisional Manager for Policy and Framework at Ofsted, to talk about the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Workshops include topics such as play in prisons, healthy eating, street dance and play therapy. More details here. -
Playwork NVQ Funding:
Funding for the Playwork NVQ Level 3 will be finishing soon - there is still time to take part and by fully funded to gain your Level 3 in Playwork - sign up by filling in our application form and return it to us asap. -
Playwork Funding for early years or childcare workers:
Would you like a fully funded Award in Playwork for Early Years and Childcare Workers? Applications are being taken now on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis so register NOW to avoid disappointment! Fill in our application form and return it to us asap. -
L6 Management & Leadership in Playwork - fully funded opportunities
If you are in a senior role that requires you to think strategically about playwork as part of integrated children's services, then this CWDC funded opportunity is for you. The training is underpinned by the playwork principles and designed to support professional development whilst improving the quality of play, and has been developed to equip people working in senior roles across the play workforce. More details from Anglia Ruskin, Middlesex University and Best Practice (providers across the Southern Tri-Region).
Facts and Figures
Playwork People 4 results will be published soon.
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
Hanna at Spirit of Play 2008,
with conference partner Andy Grout of MKPA
Click here for the full Playwork People 3 report, and here for the South East summary.
Contacts:
Playwork Strategy Manager: Claire Mitchell claire.mitchell@skillsactive.com
Playwork Engagement Manager: Hanna Boyce hanna.boyce@skillsactive.com
Southern Administrator: Kiran Sahota kiran.sahota@skillsactive.com (Wednesdays and Fridays)
