Play England AGM, Monday 21st November 2022 at 2pm
All Play England members are cordially invited to the Play England Annual General Meeting via teams.
Register for the event here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/play-england-agm-2022-tickets-425597963967
This is an opportunity for members to gather and to reflect on our work towards England being a country where everybody can fully enjoy their right to play throughout their childhood and teenage years. We are excited to be joined by Helen Dodd is a Professor of Child Psychology at the University of Exeter. She is an expert in child mental health with a particular interest in the development of childhood anxiety disorders. Helen currently holds a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, which funds a program of work examining the relationship between children’s adventurous play and mental health. Helen regularly writes about children’s play and contributes to public discussions about the role of play in supporting children’s mental health.
The AGM will take the form of a webinar and there will be some brief presentations followed by the opportunity for questions. We expect to record the webinar for those who cannot be present on the day. If you would like a proxy vote, please email info@playengland.org.uk
Agenda for the AGM: Welcome from Chair of Trustees, Anita Grant Apologies for absence Notification of proxy votes Approval of Minutes of 2021 AGM Matters arising from the Minutes Adoption of Annual Report Adoption of Accounts Appointment of Independent Financial Examiner Election of Trustees Any Other AGM Business Presentation from Helen Dodd Minutes from the 2021 AGM can be downloaded here
If you are not already a member of Play England you can join via our website.
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New Trustees wanted – Play England
Play England is expanding its Board of Trustees!
We’re seeking people from a broad range of backgrounds with skills in fundraising and marketing in particular, as well as people from related sectors such as child psychology, social work, healthcare, teaching or youth work.
Play England is committed to strengthening diversity and inclusion, to better understand and reflect the needs of the communities that we work with. The recruitment process is open to all, but we are particularly keen to hear from groups are currently underrepresented.
Trustees meet every two months either online or in London, and can have reasonable travel expenses reimbursed, if necessary, to enable attendance. Outside of meetings, trustees are expected to engage in other tasks to support the charity, depending on their expertise. This is not likely to take more than an additional two or three days a month.
If you have the skills we are seeking, have an interest in children’s play and would like to contribute to our work, please do apply!
If you would like to register your interest please email us @ info@playengland.org.uk by 7th October 2022.
The internationality of playwork
PopUpAdventurePlay are organising their annual Campference (online) on 15th Oct from 7am to 11am, co-hosted by the Black River Innovation Campus in Vermont, USA with multi-lingual presentations from Costa Rica, Turkey, Hong Kong and more. There will be a pre-campference get together tomorrow (15th Oct at 7am)
UK Playwork Foundation Open Meeting
Join us this Friday (14th Oct 2022) from 11 to 1 for our next Playwork Open meeting with a focus on summer playschemes. Share your summer highlights or listen to stories from across the UK. Send an email to our chair Sion Edwards to get the zoom link: sion@playworkfoundation.org.uk
See you on Friday !
Play in Hospitals webinars
https://www.starlight.org.uk/play-in-hospital-week-webinars/
Anyone with an interest in Play and Playwork in hospitals might be interested in this series of 4 webinars:
13th Oct 12.30 to 1.30: Working for change in hospitals
18th Oct 2 to 3: Prioritising play after lockdown
26th Oct 12 to 1: Playing with virtual reality
2nd Nov: Play for mental health and resilience
The webinars are being organised by Starlight in partnership with the National Association of Health Play Specialists to celebrate
Playwork Foundation Open Meeting
View this email in your browser You are invited! Following on from our last Open Meeting of The Playwork Foundation, back in June, we thought that it would be a good opportunity for us to come together after the summer period. Therefore, we’ve organised the next Open Meeting online for: Friday 14th October, 10am – 1pm We’re inviting playworkers from all backgrounds and settings to use the meeting as an opportunity to showcase and share with us their memories, photos, videos and reflections from the summer months. Afterwards, we will add contributions to an online repository on The Playwork Foundation’s website.  Details on how to register for the event will be sent out soon. If you’ve got items or proposals you’re ready to share, you can complete this online form or email sion@playworkfoundation.org.uk. You can also discuss your ideas with Penny Wilson at Playwork in Progress, this coming Monday 26th September from 4pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89234759575?pwd=VlRzVHF5UzN3NzViNExNM2xWUkkyQT09 Meeting ID: 892 3475 9575 Passcode: 208616 Cofion gynnes / Kind regards,  Siôn Edwards Cadeirydd | Chair Y Sefydliad Chwarae | The Playwork Foundation @cymrosion Rhagenwau | Pronouns: fe, ef, ei | he, him, his 🏳️🌈 Copyright © 2022 Siôn Edwards, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. |
Playwork Foundation Open Meeting
Play England – CEO wanted
We hope you have had a playful summer, Opportunity for a Chief Executive: It’s all about a child’s right to play Play England’s vision is to for England to be a country where everybody can fully enjoy their right to play throughout their childhood and teenage years as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 31 and our Charter for Children’s Play. We have a unique opportunity for someone to be front and centre of Play England in achieving that vision. It will be the first time we have been structured in this way with a CEO as the only paid position working alongside a group of enthusiastic voluntary Trustees. The expected time commitment will equate to 1 day per week and will attract remuneration of £10,400 pa. Accountable to the Chair and Trustees, most of the CEO’s time will be managing fundraising and acting as an external figurehead and spokesperson for Play England as well as making sure all our operations are running successfully. The right candidate will be experienced as a CEO or Chair of a national organisation with a good understanding of the play sector in the UK and will likely hold a play qualification. They will have proven experience of fundraising for a national or large charity. Comfortable acting as an external spokesperson, including with national media they will feel right at home influencing large organisations including government. As you would expect they will demonstrate flawless tact and diplomacy as well as superb communication skills. For a detailed job description see here. Applications should be made by sending a cv and covering letter to info@playengland.org.uk by 17.00 on 7 October 2022. Interviews will be held remotely on 18/19 October 2022. Play England AGM, Monday 21st November 2022 at 2pm All Play England members are cordially invited to the Play England Annual General Meeting via teams. Register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/play-england-agm-2022-tickets-425597963967 This is an opportunity for members to gather and to reflect on our work towards England being a country where everybody can fully enjoy their right to play throughout their childhood and teenage years. We are excited to be joined by Helen Dodd is a Professor of Child Psychology at the University of Exeter. She is an expert in child mental health with a particular interest in the development of childhood anxiety disorders. Helen currently holds a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, which funds a program of work examining the relationship between children’s adventurous play and mental health. Helen regularly writes about children’s play and contributes to public discussions about the role of play in supporting children’s mental health. The AGM will take the form of a webinar and there will be some brief presentations followed by the opportunity for questions. We expect to record the webinar for those who cannot be present on the day. If you would like a proxy vote, please email info@playengland.org.uk Agenda for the AGM: Welcome from Chair of Trustees, Anita Grant Apologies for absence Notification of proxy votes Approval of Minutes of 2021 AGM Matters arising from the Minutes Adoption of Annual Report Adoption of Accounts Appointment of Independent Financial Examiner Election of Trustees Any Other AGM Business Presentation from Helen Dodd Minutes from the 2021 AGM can be downloaded here If you are not already a member of Play England you can join via our website. Kind regards Play England team |
UK Playwork National Occupational Standards Consortium inviting tender applications
The UK Playwork NOS Consortium is inviting tender applications for the 2022 Playwork National Occupational Standards (NOS) Scoping Project.
The aim of the scoping project is to identify:
- key organisations and stakeholders in a future review of the Playwork NOS
- identify any nation specific drivers and blockers and make recommendations on the direction of a future NOS review.
The consortium wants to undertake a scoping exercise to ensure that the respective needs of the four nations are reflected in future plans. The intention is to undertake preparatory work during 2022 to meet the requirements of the UK Standards and Frameworks programme and for the UK Playwork NOS Consortium to be added to the NOS Supplier Framework.
The UK Playwork NOS Consortium has been established by Play Wales, Play England, Play Scotland, PlayBoard Northern Ireland and The Playwork Foundation to bid for, or identify, funding for a future review of the Playwork NOS.
The budget for the scoping project is £2,500 (including VAT).
Closing date for submitting expressions of interest: 12:00pm 9 September 2022
Annual Public Meeting
Annual Public Meeting
Tuesday 29th June 2021
10.00 am – 12 noon
A G E N D A
1. Welcomes and introductions
2. Chair’s Report
3. Financial Report
4. Short presentations:-
· The state of playwork across the UK by each of the four national play organisations
· Pete King on his post-Covid research with playworkers
· Sion & Penny on ‘Playwork in Progress’ reflection sessions
· Ali & Barbara on Playwork Training and Qualifications
5. The Playwork Foundation’s future plans
6. The future of Playwork – some provocations
All members are invited to attend to see the great presentations we have lined up, and take part in the debate about the future of playwork. Please reply to aliwood@blueyonder.co.uk who will send you reports and log-in details nearer the time.
The Playwork Foundation 