A new beginning for playwork?
The world’s only professor of playwork, Fraser Brown of Leeds Beckett University, welcomed the launch of the new Playwork Foundation at a special event in London last week. Adrian Voce, who also spoke at the...Read more
New playwork body to launch at London event
The Playwork Foundation, the new membership body for playwork practitioners, is launching a membership scheme at an event in London next month. The Playwork Foundation has announced a launch event to be held at Goldsmiths University of...Read more
Community play on the estates of East London – Part 2
In this second extract from his evaluation report of the Community Play Programme in Tower Hamlets, Tim Gill finds that, despite the absence of national play policy, the local play association was able to address the current public...Read more
Community play on the estates of East London – Part 1
How can advocates and practitioners support children’s play where there is no dedicated space for it, and the wider environment may seem hostile or unfriendly to them? In these edited extracts from his evaluation report,...Read more
New book celebrates American play movement
A new book published by the Alliance for Childhood documents the steady rise of the free play movement in North America Projects, initiatives and advocacy for children’s play is on the rise across the North American...Read more
New book offers fresh approaches to children’s play research
Policy Press, the social policy specialist publisher based at the University of Bristol in England is to publish a new book of practice-based studies that utilise new methodologies in researching children’s play. Edited by Doctors Wendy...Read more