Christmas Craft Share Webinar For Afterschools
Date: Wednesday 2 December 2020 Time: 10:30am Platform: Zoom Christmas is almost upon us and it is the most exciting, special time of the Afterschool calendar - the children are full of wonder, expectation and excitement and the Afterschools look so much [...]
Planning For Play
Date: 27 November 2020 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Platform: Zoom Children need to play! As Playworkers in a world which seems full of restrictions, we need to make sure that we are meeting our children’s play needs. In order to do that [...]
The Importance Of Budgeting And Cash Flow Forecasting
Date & time: Thursday 12 November, 6.30 – 7.30pm OR Friday 13 November 2020, 10:00 – 11:00am. Platform: Zoom Effective financial management is especially important during these uncertain times. No matter how small your School Age Childcare project is, [...]
Funding & Fundraising During Challenging Times
5 November, 6:30 - 7:30pm OR 6 November, 10:00 - 11:00am This session for School Age Childcare providers will provide you with information on funding and fundraising during these very challenging times. Covid-19, along with lockdown and social-distancing measures, [...]
Update Fixed Play Areas
On 14 October the NI Executive announced a number of time-bound interventions aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 with restrictions coming into regulatory effect on 16 October. The interventions announced did not include any change in status for [...]
Update Childcare Covid-19
The childcare Covid-19 update below has been published on the Family Support NI website at www.familysupportni.gov.uk/NewsStory/117/update-childcare-covid-19--16th-october-2020 Schools close for two weeks All childcare remains open (with the exception of school based provision) As part of the response to the [...]
Play Reflections – Building A Better Future For Every Child
As I reflect on my own play memories it fills me with a sense of happiness and joy that inevitably brings a smile to my face. I was one of the lucky ones, with my childhood being full of [...]
Play As A Parent
Becca Smith joined the PlayBoard team as a Playworker in October 2019 following her degree in Youth and Community Work with Practical Theology. Ahead of Parenting Week Becca has shared her experiences of play as a new parent, having [...]
World Mental Health Day
Saturday 10 October is World Mental Health Day. This year's theme is 'mental health for all'. “Being mentally healthy doesn’t just mean that you don’t have a mental health problem. If you’re in good mental health, you can: make [...]
Governance In A Pandemic
Date: 16 October 2020 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Platform: Zoom Back in March when society was placed into lockdown, no one could have imagined the situation lasting as long as it did. Few childcare businesses were prepared for the scenario which faced [...]
