Playwork Partnerships

Playwork Partnerships, based at the University of Gloucestershire, is best described as a "networking organisation" and is currently made up of the following components:

• University of Gloucestershire
• Playwork Learning & Skills
• Playwork Projects

Our mission is to enrich children and young people's lives through their experience of quality play by:

• promoting the importance of play and playwork and
• increasing the learning opportunities for playworkers

Playwork Partnerships has 5 strategic priorities.

• To promote awareness and understanding of play and Playwork, by acting as a conduit for information, communicating to people at all levels, within the profession and beyond.
• To promote the power and capacity of Playwork by supporting the Playwork development agenda regionally, nationally and internationally.
• To increase access to Playwork qualifications, training and learning by building and maintaining a robust and well resourced local, regional and national Playwork infrastructure.
• To develop and market a co-ordinated package of Playwork learning products that support continuing professional development needs within the industry.
• To ensure the viability and sustainability of Playwork Partnerships by attracting external funding on a systematic and on-going basis.

For further information about Playwork Partnerships, please contact us.

Playwork Partnerships
University of Gloucestershire
Oxstalls Campus
Oxstalls Lane
Gloucester
GL2 9HW
Tel: 01242 71 4603
Fax: 01242 71 5180
E-mail: team@playwork.co.uk