Cultivating the conditions to support children’s play

Are you involved in supporting or developing children’s play?

Trafford Hall (The National Communities Resource Centre) and Grumpy’s (The Greater Manchester Play Resource Unit) Playing Up Team, would like to invite you to a free 1 day consultation event entitled Cultivating the conditions to support children’s play on Wednesday April 6^th 2011 at Trafford Hall, Chester.

Full details of the programme and an application form are attached to this email.

Places are available for voluntary or paid workers, or those who are supporting volunteers in their work.

Applications will need to be returned by Friday March 11^th. (Places will be confirmed by the end of Wednesday March 16^th).

Please see the attached documents for more information and contact details.

We look forward to hearing back from you.

www.traffordhall.com

www.grumpy.org.uk

Click to download the documents below:

Application Form for Play Consultation

Trafford Hall Play Consultation Conference Programme

ECP Autumn Play Sessions

Play Day Pow Wow!

Grumpy was at the Play Day Pow Wow in Albert Park to celebrate National Play Day 2010. The event included archery, camp-fire cooking, head dress making, war paint, games and the Grumpy totem poles!

Everyone Can Play in Clarement

Everyone Can Play (part 3 of 3).
The third and final part of the play consultation held at St. Lukes Church.

Everyone Can Play in Winton

Everyone Can Play (part 2 of 3)
Despite the rain, there was a great turnout at Westwood Park Community Center for Fire Play, Banner Making and Games.

Everyone Can Play in Weaste

Everyone Can Play (part 1 of 3).

The play and consultation event held at De La Salle Sports Center in Salford included fire play, face painting, the Grumpy diary room and junk modelling.

Play Training for the Grumpy Play Team

The Grumpy Play Team training (& playing) in Salford.

Everyone Can Play in De La Salle

The Grumpy Play Team at a Fire Play event in De La Salle.

Everyone Can Play in De La Salle

The Grumpy Play Team playing in De La Salle in Claremont.

Play Training

Rope and Fire Play training with the Grumpy Play Team in Clifton Country Park.

Everyone Can Play in Weaste

The Grumpy Play team making robots at Seedly Primary School in Weaste.

Everyone Can Play in Cadishead

Everyone Can Play in Cadishead. The event began with the children making up their own rules for the day.

New Play Team For Salford

Salford has four new Play Development Officers who will be supporting and developing play provision across the city and implementing Salford’s Play Strategy, ultimately with the aim of improving the quality of play opportunities for the children and young people of Salford. The team will also support the existing BIG Lottery play projects in Salford, and consult children about play spaces with regards to the development of the DCSF Playbuilder Programme. The new Officers have over twenty-seven years’ experience working with children and young people between them across the voluntary and community sectors. Matthew Barker and Michelle Hagan have both joined from delivering and managing play for voluntary organisations in Manchester, while Gareth Stacey has moved to Salford after five years with Flintshire County Council’s Play Service. Stephanie Williams works with the team part-time, after six years working on play and sports projects across the city. Welcome to Salford !

Manchester Play Team at Grumpy Angels

Summer 2009 New Play Space for Manchester Play Team at Grumpy Angels

Aiming High for Disabled Children at Salford

Grumpy Play Team Aiming High with Salford City Council.