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annualreview2005
• Chief Executive Report 02
• Chairperson Report 04
• Treasurer Report 05
• All About PlayBoard 05
• Projects 08
Out 2 Play 08
Out Of School Hours Learning 08
PlayCare 10
Training 11
Finance & Monitoring 12
Reclaiming PlaySpace 13
Positive Playgrounds 13
Peace Through Music 14
• PlayBoard Resources 14
• PlayDay(s) 15
• SCOPE Awards 16
Board of Directors List 17
Funders & Sponsers 17
20 Years Celebrating Childrens Play (commemorative pullout)
Past - Present - Future
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“It is playing and only in playing that the child…is able to becreative and to use the whole personality, and it is only inbeing creative that the individual discovers the self”Winnicott (undated)
Supported and nurtured by the contributions of past and
present staff and Chief Executives, PlayBoard has grown from
strength to strength and is celebrating 20 years of promoting
the Child’s Right to Play. It is therefore a great honour for me
to have been appointed the 5th Chief Executive of PlayBoard,
and especially poignant in our big birthday year. It is my
intention to safeguard the legacy inherited, by continuing to
lobby, advocate and promote children’s rights, especially for
their right to play.
There have been many achievements, accolades and goodbyes
since our last annual review. However, I cannot begin to
acknowledge any of these without first recognising and
applauding the endeavours of Marguerite Hunter Blair,
outgoing Chief Executive. Marguerite’s dedication, drive and
tenacity have moved the agency into uncharted waters,
firmly placing PlayBoard on the strategic map as a key
sectorial player.
I am delighted to start my tenure with the agency on a high
note. Over the summer the agency was the recipient of the
Scope Awards that recognise the Voluntary and Community
sector’s resources, publications and communication strategies.
We were delighted to be placed either first or runner up in a
number of categories, but the pinnacle was achieving overall
winner in the large voluntary organisation section.
PlayBoard continues to grow and develop, and I look forward
in the coming months to a number of new and exciting
initiatives. ‘Reclaiming Play Space’ began in July with the
appointment of Louise Tohill. In the early autumn our
‘Promoting Positive Playgrounds’ project shall be launched.
This initiative will work in partnership with schools to develop
appropriate playtimes for children and will complement the
new ‘Full Service Schools’ initiative, which is currently being
explored and piloted by DENI. The agency is working in
collaboration with DENI to ensure that the existing quality
community and voluntary play provision for School-aged
Childcare is incorporated into any future Full Service
School Initiative.
The agency warmly welcomes the appointment of Lord Rooker,
Northern Ireland’s first Children’s Minister. We were delighted
that Lord Rooker chose PlayBoard’s Play Day on August 10th
to perform his first formal engagement. After a year of
intense lobbying and media coverage profiling the financial
instability within school age childcare, we were extremely
pleased when Lord Rooker pledged his support for the sector.
I believe his promise to secure funding to safeguard its future,
has been instrumental in brokering a funding commitment for
the sector in the new finaiancal year. Having a champion for
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children within Government just as the new ‘R Wld 2’ 10 year
strategy for children and young people is about to be
launched, represents a significant watershed in the ongoing
campaign to ensure the rights of all children and young people
are upheld. We look forward to building relationships and
partnerships with the Minister’s administration.
Additionally, we also welcome the commitment to a regional
Play Policy for Northern Ireland, reflected in the priorities of
the Commissioner for Children and Young People’s office
(NICCY). PlayBoard has recently worked in partnership with
Newtownabbey Borough Council to review and develop their
existing Play Policy. We look forward to supporting both NICCY
and other councils in the development of future policies
on play.
Throughout the year, on behalf of, and in partnership with our
membership, we contributed to a number of consultation
documents. These have included the new Children and Young
Peoples strategy ‘R Wrld 2’, ‘Children First Review’, ‘Review of
Public Administration’ and ‘Youth Strategy’ New TSN.
Furthermore we endorsed a number of responses submitted
by CINI on behalf of all children’s organisations.
Working in partnership is a key component of our work and
this year the agency has nurtured and forged a number of
relationships, to name but a few - the four Childcare
Partnerships, TWN, YouthNet, PlayDale, CYWU and further a
field Skills Active and the 4 Nations Play Policy Forum. We
welcome the new sector skills council for Care and
Development and hope to establish a working relationship in
the future.
In reflecting on the past year’s achievements, I commend the
staff team for their motivation, commitment and
professionalism in what was an exciting, diverse, rewarding
and sometimes challenging period. I would also like to
acknowledge the leadership and strategic vision of the board
of directors whose support and guidance has been invaluable.
This year we said fond farewells to a number of staff Suzi Gray
‘Training and Quality Manager’, Janette McKnight ‘Finance
Manager’ and Joan McGrath ‘Quality Assurance Officer’. We
wish them all well in their new employment.
In drawing to a close I would like to thank our membership for
their continued support, and to commend and congratulate
the quality improvements within the play sector.
Thirteen projects have attained PlayBoard’s ‘Fit 4 Play’ award
and a further ten projects have attained ‘Pathways to
Excellence’ quality assurance status, ‘Well Done everyone and
Happy Birthday PlayBoard.
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Once upon a time there were 6 Blind Men of Indostan who
were introduced to an elephant. One caught hold of the tail
and said it was a rope, another felt the side of the elephant
and thought it was like a wall, another grabbed the trunk and
mistook it for a snake, a fourth thought the leg reminded him
of a tree, while another felt the tusk and thought it was a
spear, the final man felt the elephants ear and said it was like
a fan. Of course none of them described the elephant properly
because everyone experienced a different part of it.
Over the past twenty years PlayBoard has grown to fulfil a
number of roles. Many people may think PlayBoard is primarily
a lobbying tool for mainstream money and Peace funding.
Others may focus on the valuable role we play in regard to
training and quality assurance. Some will see us as an IFB,
administering and monitoring funding. Still others will
acknowledge how our ‘Fit for Play’ and ‘Reclaiming Play
Space’ projects contribute to promoting health and well being
in children and young people. Many will have experience of the
support and development we give to the Out of School
Childcare Sector and of the complimentary resources we
produce. As we look our task is to ensure that no one is blind
to what we do in the big picture. The many parts to our
organisation all work towards our primary goal - to promote
children’s right to play.
We are supported in working towards that goal by a team of
dedicated and highly motivated staff, many who have worked
as Playworkers themselves.
We are also supported by Playworkers who we can call on to
support our lobbying and to speak out in support of their
sector. Our Board of Directors has a range of skills and abilities
but also have a heart for children and play. All have worked
hard this year to keep play on everyone’s agenda.
A word of thanks to Marguerite Hunter Blair, who has led
PlayBoard over the past 4 years. No one, except perhaps her
family, will ever be aware of the full extent of the effort she
put in as Chief Executive. Her passion for play fuelled her in
the fight to carry forward our Mission Statement. Marguerite is
a champion of children’s play issues and we know she will
continue to be an advocate. We wish her and her family well in
the future.
Finally, a word of welcome to our new Chief Executive,
Jacqueline O’Loughlin, who has slipped seamlessly into the
role. Jacqui is also passionate about play and with her as
‘mahout’* she will lead PlayBoard further along the path to
successfully growing, developing, equipping and ensuring a
long term future for the sector.
Barbara Mc Ilwrath*Someone who drives an elephant!
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I would like to take this opportunity to extend a huge thank
you to all PlayBoard staff, but especially PlayBoard's Finance
Team for ensuring excellence in all of the agencies financial
and business acumen and their compliance with relevant
legislation and financial regulation requirements. Additionally
I would once again this year like to say thank you our Auditors
Grant Thornton, in particular David Hall and Andrew Ervine
whose support for the organisation has been exceptional.
This year the agency celebrates 20 years of promoting the
child’s right to play, and in many ways we still face the same
old financial challenges! PlayBoard continues to grow and
develop and over the years the agency has become adept in
attracting funding for new and exciting play projects and
developments. However the Board of Directors would like to
move the agency to a more secure core funded position,
becoming less dependant on short term funding streams. As
treasurer, it is my duty to ensure the coming year priortises
the quest for financial stability for the organisation.
Many thanks to all our funders, sponsors and partners, your
interest, support and dedication to PlayBoard is valued and
much appreciated.
David Raymond
"Changing the child's world through play"
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.
PlayBoard – who we are:
PlayBoard is a voluntary organisation set up 20 years ago to
support and develop the out of school play needs for school
aged children and young people in Northern Ireland. The
agency has grown and expanded and is now the lead agency
for the development of play for children and young people
throughout Ireland.
PlayBoard advocates the benefits of play, highlighting the
importance and impact of free time activities. The agency
strives to improve the quality of and promote the benefits of
play experiences, as well as, highlighting the consequences of
play deprivation in local communities. We do so by lobbying,
advocating and influencing relevant existing and emergent
policy. This approach is reflected in our Mission Statement
‘Working for the Child’s Right to Play’.
PlayBoard exists to promote, create and develop quality play
opportunities, through three strategic key functions:
Tackling Play Deprivation in the Community
Supporting Quality Out of School PlayCare provision
Workforce Development of the Playwork sector
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Strategic Support:
PlayBoard is proud to offer strategic support to various
partners as we aim to create, support and sustain services for
school aged children and young people.
We work alongside Local Childcare Partnerships, Social
Services, interested agencies and other organisations to
develop effective solutions and to build best practice for play
provision ensuring that local needs are assessed and met.
By working with others, we develop forward thinking strategies
to create integrated approaches to a broader range of play
services.
Most recently we have been working in partnership with the
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
(NICCY) to develop Play & Recreation Priorities identified in
the Commissioners research.
PlayBoard represents Northern Ireland on a number of
National Forums including the Four Nations Play Forum,
Children’s Play Policy Forum and we also represent NI on the
European Network for School Age Childcare.
Capacity Building:
The agency is a membership organisation, with affiliates
drawn from the voluntary, community, statutory,
private and education sectors, as well as individual
playworkers and students.
We Promote quality for the play sector through our ‘Pathways
to PlayCare’ Quality Assurance Programme.
We are striving to building workforce capacity.
We Provide strategic advice and support to providers and
would be providers on establishing sustainable playcare
enterprises.
Projects & Development:
PlayBoard has a range of innovative projects which aim to
enrich the experiences of children and young people and to
develop the opportunities for the Playwork workforce.
Playboard are constantly involved with the creation and
implementation of exciting new initiatives and projects.
Out 2 Play – developed to highlight the importance of outdoor
physical play.
PlayCare - Out of school provision supporting employment &
training for women.
OOSHL – enabling children to play & learn in fun filled
environments!
Regional Networks – a forum for play providers to meet to
discuss current issues.
Finance & Monitoring – working with play projects to
encourage sustainability.
Reclaiming PlaySpace – play in safe, open spaces for children.
Positive Playgrounds – working with schools to develop
positive PLAY opportunities in schools and
school playgrounds.
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Consultancy Services:
PlayBoard Consultancy Services provides expert advice on
play and out of school care throughout the UK and
Southern Ireland.
This has included:
Play Needs In Hospitals;
Business Planning for Out of School Clubs;
Play Policy and Strategy Implementation;
Setting up of play spaces.
PlayBoard Consultancy Services provide expert advice and the
strategic support to turn policy into best practice. We offer a
comprehensive service to voluntary, statutory, education and
private sector employers and departments.
Consultancies are tailored to suit individual requests.
PlayBoard Training Department:
The Training Department can tailor and deliver sessions to
meet your individual needs and requirements.
Existing training offered includes:
Play for All Out 2 Play
Games not Names Food 4 Play
Play Development Addressing disability in Play
Half Day Courses Accredited Courses
Top Play / Active Clubs Positive Playgrounds.
Quality Assurance:
Pathways to Excellence - PlayBoard’s accredited quality
assurance scheme illustrates a commitment to quality within
the playwork sector. It can be used as a self assessment
quality tool within any play setting and 2 levels of quality can
be achieved. Mentoring and support is available to all those
participating.
Schools Development:
PlayBoard has had many years experience in advising schools
on Play Development, play in school strategies and the
advantages of play development in school playgrounds.
Recently through it’s ‘Out of School Hours Learning project’
PlayBoard has encouraged and enabled relationships to
develop between primary schools and local play providers.
This has allowed children the opportunities to learn through
play in fun environments.
This work compliments new government initiatives such as
Full Service Schools (Extended Schools) and is allowing
PlayBoard opportunities to develop school links and
developments further.
Information & Library Services:
PlayBoard has a range of services offered to members through
its Information Department. @Play Magazine (3 per year),
Quarterly newsletter keeping you up to date on all play news,
a wide range of publications and resources including the
Pathways to Playcare PlayBox a must for all afterschool
provision. We also have a small library for members to access.
Employers:
Recent government legislation on flexible working patterns,
parental leave and work-life balance has led to the increase in
demand for quality play opportunities for children. PlayBoard
has experience in working with employers and businesses
offering specialist advice on the Setting up out of out of
school playclubs, advising on working tax credits and on
investing in the work-life balance of employees.
PlayDays:
Children and young people are at the very core of everything
that PlayBoard does! We are delighted each year to take part
in and organise ‘PlayDay’ a national event celebrating
children’s play.
Room Hire:
PlayBoard has a large bright fully equipped Training Suite
ideal for large groups (Max 60 people) and a smaller Meeting
Room (max 15 people) available for hire. We can cater for
morning, afternoon or evening sessions and have fully
accessible disabled facilities.
PlayBoard Insurance:
PlayBoard offer competitive insurance rates to Out
of School Provision.
FIT FOR PLAY
The Fit For Play Award which has been designed to help tackle
the obesity crisis affecting the children in today's society is
proving to be very popular in the Playwork Sector. The
message of getting children outside
to play has finally hit home and
PlayBoard has even travelled to
Scotland this year to deliver ‘Out 2
Play’ Training.
The programme which aims to
improve the long term health and
well-being of children integrates
physical activity and nutrition and
fully supports and promotes the
development of healthy lifestyles
amongst our children.
OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS LEARNING
Over 1500 children have been able to access fun learning
activities through PlayBoards ‘Out of School Hours Learning’
Initiative. The initiative which is funded through the Big
Lottery Fund and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation allows schools
and play providers to work in partnership to deliver high
quality play programmes for children.
Children attending the Out of School Hours Learning projects
have had yet another successful and exciting year. Schools
and Play Projects continue to offer fun learning activities for
the children taking part.
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This year the children from all of the projects were able to
take part in a wonderful weekend residential aimed at
developing their friendships and celebrating their own
individual achievements.
Angela Stallard who co-ordinates the iniatitive reports;
“The weekend which was held in The Share Centre in
Lisnaskea began on Friday evening when the children were
given the opportunity to ‘chill out’ and to get to know
one another. I was amazed at how quickly the children
made friendships with such ease and curiosity.
Saturday morning got off to a bright early (8am)
start when the projects gathered for breakfast
and a rota was drawn up for clearing and
washing dishes, which amused many of the
children!!
After breakfast the children (and adults) were
taken to their chosen activity for the morning
session. On offer was wall climbing, canoeing,
sailing, cruising or modroc. Children were
interested in all of these activities and I was glad to see
a good mix taking part in each. This morning session
lasted 21/2 hours and some very tired and wet children
(especially those canoeing) returned to base happy
but exhausted!
Following lunch the children were again split according to their
chosen activity – kayking, windsurfing, archery, fuzzball, and
sailing. Again the group mixing was
perfect. I had fun watching the
children windsurfing try to stay out of
the water – a skill a few of them
managed by the end of the session. I
was also intrigued by ‘fuzzball’ which
was like a giant sized football table
where the children were the players.
The children really enjoyed this!
After a BBQ dinner the projects gathered at ‘The Haven’
for Group Presentations. This was fun! We were
entertained in various ways: the traveller children
sang and taught us an old folklore song, children
from Glen Parent and Youth taught us a ‘shopping
game’ which encouraged group participation, the
children from Manor Street who forgot their pre-
prepared picture board told us about the area in
which they lived and then told us a poem. Playworkers
accompanied the Focus on Family children who sang
us a song about their after school group, played the
guitar (which they learnt at their ooshl project) and
recited us a poem. Finally, nerves got the better of the
children from Strathroy and they declined from presenting for
us. However one of the children did some disco dancing for us
later in the evening. Well done to all the boys and girls!
Swimming in the beautiful indoor swimming pool was next
where some children told me they had never been in a pool
before! One little boy (who was nine) tried desperately to
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learn the art of swimming once he had
been given a set of armbands by the
swimming guard. This was something
he had never experienced.
The highlight of the day had to be the disco when the
children really came to their own! The style (and make-up) was
something else as was the dancing skills. Adults and
playworkers eagerly joined in the dancing and lots of
friendships were made.
On Sunday morning following breakfast activities got
underway. These included; canoeing, t-shirt printing, go-
karting, climbing wall and due to its popularity yesterday
fuzzball was offered again. The children, who were by this
stage probably worn out, relished taking part in the activities
and go-karting had to be the most popular choice – it ran over
time just to let everyone have a turn.
The weekend concluded with lunch and evaluations.
Statements from children like “can we not stay another day?”
proves how much the children enjoyed themselves.
Feedback from all of the projects has been fantastic. Children
benefited fully from all that was on offer and storybooks,
scrapbooks and photographs have all been used to record the
children’s memories.
Thank you to The Big Lottery Fund who funded this
superb weekend.”
THE PLAYCARE INITIATIVE
The PlayCare Initiative which is now in its 10th year continues
to deliver high quality child centred PlayCare provision across
Northern Ireland. The Initiative is funded under Measure 1.5.
Economic renewal – Positive Action for Women, EU
programme for Peace & Reconciliation. Currently 91 projects
are being supported through this Initiative.
Providing continuous support to all PlayBoard members
and representation on relevant forums, the PlayCare team
continue to lobby for core funding, professional status and
quality for school aged childcare.
PlayCare training and development staff support and assist
clubs towards sustainability by co-ordinating best practice
activities including:
• Management capacity building
• Developing resources to meet project needs
• Introduction and implementation of the accredited Quality
Assurance Scheme, Pathways to Excellence
• Cross Community Networking
• Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Anti
Discrimination within the PlayCare Sector
• Anti-Sectarian Training
• Play Development and Co-ordinators training
• Team Building Days
• Development of cluster groups with a cross
community/cultural focus
• Children’s Committees
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The PlayCare Team have continued to support projects
through either direct or indirect contact i.e. 1-1 meetings,
quality assurance mentoring, telephone contact, information
sharing, delivery of training and attendance at
network meetings.
The PlayCare team have also responded to numerous
consultations and facilitated consultation events relevant to
the PlayCare sector over the past twelve months:
• The Review of Children First
• The Young Peoples Fund
• The Big Lottery Priorities
• ‘R Wrld 2’
• ‘Consulting with Staff, Parents and Children’ WCP
• Skills Active Playwork Training and Development Strategy
- Review of the Minimum Standards
TRAINING UPDATE
A number of training events have been running throughout
the province with great success. A mix of play providers, social
workers and management committee members from all board
areas across Northern Ireland have availed of training which
has included:
Play Development Training
This training which is broken down into four sections enables
Playworkers to look at play, examine the role of the
playworker, plan programmes for play and finally to examine
the role of the Play co-ordinator. During this course we look at
underpinning legislation, playwork values and assumptions
alongside the new Playwork Principles. Opportunity is also
given to consider the different play types.
Summer Scheme Training
A number of play providers requested training this year on the
topic of ‘Summer Schemes’. Sessions were delivered according
to needs and included planning for summer schemes, use of
and induction for volunteers, venue ideas, legislation and
management of schemes.
Games not Names
We had a huge uptake this year on our ‘Games Not Names’
training. The two day course examines language, myths and
stereotypes within the context of antidiscriminatory and anti-
bias practice.
Quotes from participants include:
“I now know the importance for children to have a freedom
of choice and should have a choice what to participate in.
“It made me more aware of providing games that all children
can participate in plus legislation that is involved and how it
affects the workplace”.
“We have put a lot of our knowledge we learnt into our daily
practice and has enabled us to extend play with games we
have learnt!”
“I enjoyed the discussions that took place”
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Training Sessions can be tailored to suit individual needs and
requirements. Sessions can be delivered at a venue of your
choice, onsite or at PlayBoards training Suite. Contact
PlayBoard for further details.
UK Strategy for Playwork Education & Training
Playboard welcomes the opportunity to be working with Skills
Active to develop a strategy for Playwork Education and
Training across the UK.
This, the first UK strategy is currently being circulated for
comment within the sector and it combines a ten year vision
alongside a five year strategic plan. The aim of the strategy is
to improve the quality and range of play opportunities for
children and young people through the support and
development of education, training and qualifications for an
estimated 120,000 playworkers in the UK.
PlayBoard believes that developing education and training is
essential to the delivery of quality play services. The UK
Strategy will be important for realising the potential of
playworkers entering the profession and is especially vital as it
is envisaged that the number of playworkers needed in the
sector will grow rapidly over coming years.
FINANCE & MONITORING
The Finance Department within PlayBoard continues to
support the Chief Executive, The Board of Directors and the
Project Managers within to identify, and monitor sources of
income for the organisation and its members. One of our
main functions is to ensure that PlayBoard has open and
transparent accounting systems for all income and
expenditure.
We were very sad this year to say goodbye to our Finance
Manager Janette McKnight who has moved on to pastures
new. We would like to extend our gratitude to Janette, for her
hard work and commitment to the organisation during the
time that she was with us.
The Finance and Monitoring Team continues to support
PlayBoard in its status as an Intermediary Funding Body. This
year the team has forged a consortia partnership with our
colleagues TWN (Training for Women Network). This allowed
us to secure the tender for ‘Measure 1.5’ funding, under the
Peace 11 Extension Programme. The consortia opened a call
for applications in July 2005 and we anticipate that decisions
on successful grant applications will be announced before the
end of 2005. Good Luck to all projects in their applications.
The Team would like to acknowledge the hospitality and
openness that we have been afforded whilst working with
projects across the region finalising current funding awards.
We would like to wish all of our projects continued success.
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'RECLAIMING PLAYSPACE'
This summer PlayBoard welcomed Louise Tohill to its staff
team. Louise employed as ‘Reclaiming Playspace
Co-ordinator’ is tasked with taking forward this exciting and
innovative project.
Targeting disadvantaged communities, the aim of the project
is to provide safe, fun play opportunities for children aged
between 4 and 12 years of age. It is a well known fact that
children are playing less and less outdoors and through the
use of a mobile play unit, PlayBoard plans to deliver quality
play opportunities for children at designated times within
specified areas. Children will be encouraged back out into
open spaces to enjoy their free time.
The Reclaiming PlaySpace project funded through The Big
Lottery Fund / Sports Council for Northern Ireland will initially
be be piloted throughout North Belfast.
POSITIVE PLAYGROUNDS
During the past year PlayBoard has been inundated with calls
and information requests from schools throughout the
province looking for advice on developing children’s play
within the context of the school environment.
We are delighted to be announcing the launch of our newest
project POSITIVE PLAYGROUNDS which has received funding
from The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
The funding will allow PlayBoard to develop and deliver a
training package for schools, teachers, lunchtime supervisors
and indeed children to develop play and play opportunities in
the school environment.
The training will include a mix of practical ideas and theory
and the children’s views and voices will form an intrinsic part
of the process.
We envisage that this exciting programme will transform
school playtimes and there will be no more excuses for boring
playtimes with bored children!
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PEACE THROUGH MUSIC’ PROJECT
The peace through music project was piloted in 2004, with the
Shropshire Music Foundation. PlayBoard recognising the
potential of music being used as a common denominator to
engage with children from different cultures and traditions has
developed this project in partnership with the “Kosovo
Children’s Music Initiative”. This Foundation has had many
years experience of working with children and young people in
high impact conflict areas such as Kosovo. The project pilot
consisted of a number of single identity and cross community
projects including projects from the Irish Language medium.
These projects came together twice a week over a twelve-
week period to learn a number of musical instruments and
singing techniques.
The project hopes to produce a CD combining music from both
the Kosovo and Belfast projects. In total 7 projects
participated with over 100 children availing of this opportunity.
Since the completion of the pilot the play projects have
continued to meet and have held summer projects together.
We look forward to a new and exciting programme re
commencing in the autumn.
LAUNCH OF PLAYBOARD RESOURCES
This year seen PlayBoard launch a number of
resources and this was celebrated back in
March at The Malone House, Belfast.
Games not Names For All
Designed to encourage practitioners to reflect
upon and examine the values that underpin and
inform their play provision. Delivered using a
play focus, practitioners are offered a safe
environment to develop anti-discriminatory
practice and to become aware of relevant
legislation.
Addressing Disability
This training course hopes to provide
Playworkers with an introduction to the practical
implications of including children with disabilities
into mainstream settings.
PlayBox
Pathways to PlayCare – a must for all play
providers. Contains high quality resources
such as sample policies and procedures,
recruitment and selection guidance, business
plans and staff appraisel formats.
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Green Gang
“Green Mean Fighting Machine”
This waste management resource
for children aims to develop
positive attitudes and approaches
to waste management. In
particular it highlights waste
reduction, recycling and re-use of
waste for children.
PlayBoard Website
An interactive informal website with all the information that
you need to know about PlayBoard…and more!!
Find us at
LET’S HEAR IT FOR PLAYDAY!
PlayBoard hosted not one but two fun filled
PlayDay Events this year.
Oxford Island in Craigavon and The People’s Park
in Ballymena were the venues this year and over
1000 children attended.
This was the 18th year of the National PlayDay
(nearly as old as PlayBoard) and the theme was
‘Fit for Play’. The theme chosen highlights, sadly,
how todays children’s inactivity contributes to the
rising levels of childhood obesity. A worrying thought.
Children at the events enjoyed activities such as face painting,
crafts, bouncy castle and inflatables, street entertainers,
traditional stories and songs, puppet making, duck feeding,
swing ball …the list goes on and on.
Thank you to everyone who attended and we look forward to
seeing you again next year!
“Active Play, especially outdoors, burnsmore calories than other forms of playhelping children keep fit.”
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WELL DONE PLAYBOARD!
The awards, which are run annually for the community and voluntary sector, aim to recognise the high quality of communication
within several categories.
PlayBoard were delighted to be awarded:
PlayBoard have received recognition for their work through NICVA’s Scope Communication Awards
Overall Winner of the Large Organisation Category
Winner for the Annual Report Category
winner for the Publications Category
Runner-Up for its Training Materials
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS (SEPTEMBER 05)
Barbara McIlwrath – Chair
Ryan Williams – Vice Chair
David Raymond – Treasurer
Peter McCartney – Director
Francis Loughlin – Director
Glenn Moore – Director
FUNDERS AND SPONSORS
Youth Council for NI
Department of Employment and Learning
Proteus
Childcare Partnerships
Member fees
EUSSPPR
EU Programme for Peace & Reconciliation
New Opportunities Fund, The Big Lottery
Community Foundation NI
The Childhood Fund
Sports Council NI
Zurich
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
‘Play for Peace Fund’ - Chairman Robert Buxton
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