Event Archive
Here are our past events.
Playwork Trainers Network
21st March 2013 10am - 12 noonPlaywork Trainers NetworkThursday 21st March 2013 10am to 12 noon at Homerton Grove Adventure Playground Wardle Street, London, E9 5QG (jus...
National Playwork Conference
6th March 2013Each day has a number of 'tracks' that contain a series of sessions that are linked around a common theme.These are the planned tracks for Wednes...
National Playwork Conference
5th March 2013The Conference Sessions are designed to meet the needs of all those involved in play and playwork. It is our aim to improve the quality of children’s...
Playwork, violence and the politics of space
2nd May 2012 10am to 1.00pmPlaywork, violence and the politics of space This seminar revisits and expands on Wendy’s earlier work on playworking with ‘challenging behaviour’...
Perspectives on playing: Putting the brain back into the body and the world
21st March 2012 10am to 1.00pmPerspectives on playing: Putting the brain back into the body and the world &...
Does Playwork Work?
25th January 2012 10am to 1.00pmDoes Playwork Work? Presented by Bob Hughes ...
Beauty of Play
9th September 2011The theme for this year’s Beauty of Play Outdoor Conference is The Dark Side of Play. This takes place Friday to Sunday, 9-11 September, 2011. We will...
Playwork Tensions and Dilemmas
10th June 2011 10.00 RegistrationPlaywork Professional Development Seminar Playwork Tensions and Dilemmas Friday 10th June 2011 10.30am – 1.00pm at the Islington ...
Launch of The Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation
12th May 2011The Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation aims to promote multi-disciplinary research in play and recreation, disseminated and developed throu...
Maintaining your Adventure Playground
29th March 2011 9.30 to 2.30Maintaining your Adventure Playground This is an intensive course led by Design and Build (Play) for playworkers who work on adventure playgr...
Playwork Interventions
24th March 2011 10.30am to 1pmPlaywork Interventions Presented by Meynell Thursday 24th March 2011 10.30am – 1.00pm at the Islington Training Network Registration from 10.0...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
10th March 2011...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
9th March 2011...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
8th March 2011...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
7th March 2011 9.30 to 3.00pmADVENTURE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE BUILDING COURSE Following the success of our previous courses we are taking bookings for our next four-day intensi...
Adventure Play, Inclusive Play - What does it mean?
9th December 2010 10am - 1pmA workshop to unravel, unpick, interrogate, challenge, examine, explore and evolve shared meanings of both adventure play and inclusive play. Th...
Thinking about Play (Day 3)
26th November 2010 9.30am - 3.00pm‘Thinking about Play’ is a new three-day course that aims to provide a foundation for understanding and developing a playwork approach to workin...
Thinking about Play (Day 2)
13th November 2010 9.30am - 3.00pm‘Thinking about Play’ is a new three-day course that aims to provide a foundation for understanding and developing a playwork approach to workin...
Thinking about Play
12th November 2010 9.30 - 3.00pm‘Thinking about Play’ is a new three-day course that aims to provide a foundation for understanding and developing a playwork approach to workin...
The Playwork Principles
10th November 2010 10am to 12.45pmBackground In 2002 during a review of the playwork National Occupational Standards it was recognized that there was also a need to revise...
Maintaining your Adventure Playground
2nd November 2010 9.30 - 2.30This is an intensive course led by Design and Build (Play) for playworkers who work on adventure playgrounds and will focus on the outdoor space...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
18th October 2010This is the four day adventure playground structure building course with an additional day for a ropes workshop....
East London Playwork Conference
15th October 2010 10am to 5.30pmThe East London Playwork Conference is organized by Play Association Tower Hamlets and Hackney Play Association.Drawing together national and local pl...
Beauty of Play
10th September 2010A conference with a difference; two days of playful discussion about play and playwork in the open air, the Beauty of Play has been running since ...
Playing with Uncertainty
3rd September 2010A workshop exploring problem creation and problem solving for 'The Oaks' at Elangeni School through a series of physical and mental challenges a...
PLAYDAY
4th August 2010Playday is the annual celebration of a child's right to play.On Playday and throughout the summer, thousands of children, young people and communities...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
28th June 2010 9.30 - 3.00pmAdventure Playground Structure Building Course Monday 28th June – Friday 2nd July Following the success of our previous courses we ...
'Playwork London - Playwork Voices' Conference & Launch
23rd June 2010 9.30 - 4.30The 'Playwork London - Playwork Voices' conference is to be held at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints ...
Working with Ropes
13th May 2010 11am to 2pmSORRY THIS COURSE IS FULLPLEASE SEND ME YOUR CONTACT DETAILS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE NEXT ROPES COURSE Playwork London in partnership w...
'Play Types Under The Microscope' presented by Bob Hughes
6th May 2010 10am to 1pmTHIS SEMINAR IS NOW FULLBackground In 1996 Playlink commissioned Bob Hughes to research and write “A Playworker’s Taxonomy of Play Types”...
Working with Ropes
29th April 2010 11am to 2pmSORRY THIS COURSE IS FULLPLEASE SEND ME YOUR DETAILS IF YOU ARE INTERESTEDIN THE NEXT ROPES COURSEWorking with RopesPlaywork London in partnership wit...
Playable communities: Priorities for a new decade
23rd March 2010After four years of unprecedented national investment in children’s play, Play England’s major conference will consider its impact, explore how to sus...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
18th March 2010The Adventure Playground Structure Building Course is a four-day intensive course designed for playworkers on adventure playgrounds in collaboration...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
17th March 2010The Adventure Playground Structure Building Course is a four-day intensive course designed for playworkers on adventure playgrounds in collaboration...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
16th March 2010The Adventure Playground Structure Building Course is a four-day intensive course designed for playworkers on adventure playgrounds in collaboration...
Adventure Playground Structure Building Course
15th March 2010 9.00amThe Adventure Playground Structure Building Course is a four-day intensive course designed for playworkers on adventure playgrounds in collaboration...
Play Day Event Organisers Seminar
15th March 2010Wednesday 4 August is Playday - the annual celebration of children's right to play. On Playday and throughout the summer, thousands of children,...
The 8th National Playwork Conference
3rd March 2010The conference will feature 40 different sessions on various play topics, and 25 round table discussions. It will also host The Playwork Annual Awar...
The 8th National Playwork Conference
2nd March 2010The conference will feature 40 different sessions on various play topics, and 25 round table discussions. It will also host The Playwork Annual Awards...
London Playwork Trainers Network
10th February 2010London Playwork Trainers NetworkWednesday 10th February 201010am to 12 noonatSkillsActive, Castlewood House, 6th Floor,77-91 New Oxford Street, Lond...
Privacy and Play
23rd October 2009Privacy and Play Morgan Leichter-Saxby: a playworker, researcher and consultant presented the seminar on Thursday 23rd October 2009 The Seminar ...
Children's Play: A Different Time and Space
22nd October 2009At a time when we seem to have become increasingly preoccupied with children’s spaces for play, this seminar will explore some of the dilemmas a...
Compound and Combinatorial Flexibility
22nd April 2009Dr Fraser Brown from Leeds Metropolitan University presented this seminar on the 22nd April 2009 which explored the theory and practice associate...
Guns, gangs, knives and violence
28th April 2008Gordon Sturrock, independent playwork consultant and Creative Partnerships Consultant, presented the Guns, gangs, knives and violence semin...
Ages & Stages - Developmental Theories of Childhood and their relevance to Playwork
15th November 2007Perry Else, playwork lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, gave a presentation at this seminar held on the 15th November 2007. The seminar e...
Reflective Playwork Practice
27th September 2007Sue Palmer, Associate Dean at Leeds Metropolitan University, gave a presentation on Reflective Playwork Practice at the seminar on 27 Septe...
Play, Creatvity and cycles of creation and destruction
14th June 2007Gordon Sturrock, independent playwork consultant and Creative Partnerships consultant, presented 'Play, Creativity and Cycles of Creation and Destruc...
Reframing Playwork: Reframing Challenging Behaviour
3rd May 2007Wendy Russell, independent playwork consultant and playwork trainer, presented 'Reframing Playwork;Reframing Challenging Behaviour' at the seminar h...
Playwork Education and Training: A Provocation
15th March 2007Stuart Lester, independent playwork consultant and playwork trainer, presented 'Playwork Education and Training: A Provocation' at the seminar held ...
The Theory of Loose Parts
10th October 2006Chris Taylor and Maureen Palmer explored the Theory of Loose Parts at this seminar...
Psycholudics and the Play Cycle
15th June 2006Gordon Sturrock, independent playwork consultant and Creative Partnerships Consultant, presented The Ludic Third at the seminar in June 2006 on 'Psy...