Children's Workforce Development Council
The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) aims to improve the lives
of children and young people. It does this by ensuring that the people working
with children have the best possible training, qualifications, support and advice.
It helps children and young people's organisations and services to work together, so
that the child is at the centre of all their services.
www.cwdcouncil.org.uk
Common Threads
We support adults who work with children to improve the quality of children's
play experiences - we do this through training, publications and consultancy. Our
'common thread' is that play is vital for all children, whatever their age and ability
and wherever they play. For a fantastic range of resources visit our website:
www.commonthreads.org.uk
European Children's Network (EURONET)
The European Children's Network - EURONET - is a coalition of networks and organisations
campaigning for the interests and rights of children (defined in the 1989 UN Convention on
the Rights of the Child as all persons under 18 years of age). They share a common concern
that children's rights should be taken into account in all EU legislation, policies and
programmes which have an impact on children's rights.
www.europeanchildrensnetwork.org
International Council for Children's Play (ICCP)
The International Council for Children's Play was founded as a reaction to the deficient
situation concerning toys in Europe. Psychologists and educators met in Germany, where the
working committee "Good Toys" was already active since 1954. The aim of the foundation was
the improvement of the situation regarding toys in Europe. In some European countries
subsequently working teams were founded aiming at the improvement of the situation concerning toys.
The specialists took the view that the toy industry takes the children`s needs to few into
consideration in the process of production of toys, especially regarding quality and functionality.
www.iccp-play.org
National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries
Found throughout the UK, toy libraries offer services to local families based on
regular toy loan for a nominal fee (and sometimes for free). They provide carefully
selected toys to borrow, play sessions, and a friendly, informative meeting place for
parents and carers. The website also contains a new section on their 'Extended Schools Project'.
www.natll.org.uk
National Children's Bureau
Founded in 1963, NCB is a charitable organisation that acts as an umbrella body
for organisations working with children and young people in England and Northern Ireland.
Through working in partnership, sharing knowledge, resources and services we have created a
powerful, authoritative and influential voice to improve the lives of children and young people.
www.ncb.org.uk
PlayBoard Northern Ireland
PlayBoard is the lead agency for children's play in Northern Ireland, working
to improve the quality of children's lives by increasing their opportunity to play.
www.playboard.org
Play England
Play England's aim is for all children and young people in England to have regular access and
opportunity for free, inclusive, local play provision and play space. Play England is a
five-year project to promote strategies for free play and to create a lasting support structure
for play providers in England.
www.playengland.org.uk
PlayLink
Playlink works with local authorities, organisations and groups that want to create the best
possible play opportunities for children and young people. They do this by offering advice,
information and services 'in the round'; that is, they recognise that creating sustainable
quality play environments critically depends on a mix of elements. By 'play environments'
they mean any area where children should be able to play, whether to a greater of lesser extent.
These spaces include supervised and unsupervised designated play provision, shared public open
space and parks, school playgrounds, streets, squares, rural and semi-rural areas, river and
canal side.
www.playlink.org.uk
Play Scotland
Play Scotland works to promote the importance of play for all children and young people,
and campaigns to create increased play opportunities in the community. Play Scotland believes
in every child's right to play, and as the lead body for play in Scotland will actively promote
this right by research, information giving and campaigning to keep the child's right to play on
the national agenda.
www.playscotland.org
Play Wales
Play Wales are a charity that provides advice, support and guidance for all those in Wales
who have a concern or responsibility for any environment where children and young people
might play. They uphold children's right to play. Freely chosen play is critically important
in the healthy development of all children and young people. All children are entitled to
quality play provision within their communities and they work strategically to achieve this
goal on their behalf.
www.playwales.org.uk
Playwork - SkillsActive
SkillsActive works across the UK leading the development of playwork education and training
for all those working with children and young people. Playwork facilitates children's play
outside the educational curriculum for 4 to 16 year-olds. Playwork takes place where adults
support children's play in settings that include: after-school clubs, holiday playschemes,
adventure playgrounds, parks, playbuses and breakfast clubs.
www.skillsactive.com/playwork
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