Play England and Yorkshire Play are hosting a joint event focussing on the notion of community and the need to create a sense of pride, ownership and community spirit in order to create safer, more child friendly and inclusive environments for children to play. Delegates will choose from a variety of strategic and practical workshops, and will be involved in consultation taster sessions with local school children. Police Community Support Officers and Neighbourhood teams are invited to discuss community safety and take further action in support of  local play opportunities. Sensory Trust will be discussing inclusion while KIDS introduce practical activities to include all children in play; we also have a range of workshops focused on playful ideas for ‘credit crunch’ games and nature activities.

This fun-packed day will help delegates understand their role in developing playable communities and broaden communication between organisations that have a responsibility in improving children and young people’s opportunities to play, and increase partnership working, whilst providing practical skills and knowledge to use in their community and profession.

Who should attend

• Community groups
• ‘Friends of’ local parks
• Community outreach units
• Children’s centres
• After school clubs
• Community Support Officers
• Safer Neighbourhoods Teams
• Landscape architects
• Designers
• Planners
• Local authority play leads
• Play rangers
• Play workers
• Youth workers
• Students
• Head teachers
• Extended services
• Adventure playground staff

Location Tags: Yorkshire and Humber

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