Archive for Promoting Play
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Oxfordshire Play Space Survey 2011
Please help us make the case for further investment in Oxfordshire’s parks, playing fields and play areas. If you own or manage a play area, playable space, playing field or recreation ground please tell us about it by completing the online survey at www.survey.playmatters.org.uk The passwor...
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Free Training – Introduction to Playwork
Interested in Playwork? Come along to a FREE introduction course in Playwork being run by Play Barton. This is a three hour long introduction to playwork delivered by the Oxfordshire Play Association. It's perfect for mums, dads, grandparents, carers and anyone interested in developing a career i...
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Oxfordshire Playful Communities Grant
As part of the ‘Oxfordshire Playful Communities’ project the Oxfordshire Play Association (OPA) has new small grants available for rural communities to run play events for children and young people age 0-19 years. The funding is from RASP (Rural Access to Services Programme) and will be manage...
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Oxfordshire Play Association – New Training Programme
The new training programme for the Oxofrdshire Play Association is now available: http://www.playmatters.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/OPA-Training-Programme-September-2010.pdf Find out more about the Oxfordshire Play Association by visiting their website: www.oxonplay.org.uk...
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National Play Strategy
The first National Play Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to improve and develop play facilities for children throughout the country. Based on consultation with thousands of children and young people, as well as their parents, the strategy outlines the short-, medium- and long-term objec...
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Play for a Change
While adopting a play policy is not a requirement for receiving a grant it is something we recommend as part of your Playbuilder scheme. The Oxfordshire Children and Young People’s Trust adopted a Play Policy in May 2009. You may download a copy from the Oxfordshire County Council Website. P...
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Campaign Resources
The Department of Children Schools and Families have produced a range of resources to assist with the planning and delivery of campaigns for outdoor play. Although the toolkit contains much that would have been of great use to us six months ago there are still some good resources and plenty of usef...
