Developing Play
"The right to play is a child's first claim on the community. Play is nature's training for life. No community can infringe that right without doing deep and enduring harm to the minds and bodies of its citizens" David Lloyd George
We have been funded under the Welsh Assembly Government's Cymorth grant scheme to provide
FREE help and support to any voluntary or community group providing play opportunities within Cardiff. If you need help with finding funding, registration with CSIW, staffing issues, training, police checks, filling in grant applications, setting up a new group, providing
open access play or anything else please contact
Tanya
and she will be pleased to come and help you.
Tanya also runs the
Cardiff Play Forum which is set up to help and support play workers in Cardiff. The forum holds regular meetings and creative workshops; and produces a bi-monthly newsletter which is full of information about forthcoming conferences, jobs, play ideas etc. Please get in touch if you want to join the forum or have something for inclusion in the next newsletter.
What is this open access play thing?
Open access play provision is any provision in which the process of play is facilitated by staff in settings where children, including those who are under 8 years, are free to come and go as they please, free to decide for themselves what they want to do, why they are doing it and how they go about it. There is no contract between the playworkers and parents or carers to provide care for any duration whilst the child is present.
Work sheets
We have more than 50 excellent work sheets that you could use in the classroom or in your groups, giving you step by step instructions of how to make fantastic things from our scrap. Some are simple for younger children and beginners; some are more complicated. A wide and diverse variety of topics are covered including musical instruments, puppets, masks, hats, games and toys. You can download the latest one from this website or visit the store to purchase them all!
Workshops
For only £250 per day we can provide two members of staff and all the equipment and materials needed to put on a workshop of your choice. We can do scrap, junk modelling, games, crafts etc. What's more if we can't do it, we know someone who can as we have a database of artists and trainers with expertise in almost every topic imagineable.
Welsh Assembly Government Play Policy & Implementation Plan
The Welsh Assembly's recent committment to children's play through the publication of their Play Policy and Implementation Plan is fully supported by Re-Create
http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/policy_strategy_and_planning/104009-wag/87760-wag111111/?lang=en
