Play For Parents Programme Update
PlayBoard NI are delighted to be the lead delivery agent for the ‘Play Matters’ initiative in collaboration with the Department of Education’s Children and Young People’s Strategy Team. The programme is funded by the Early Intervention Transformation Programme (EITP). [...]
TOPS Award 2018 – Limavady Central Primary School
The importance of school environments for play cannot be understated. For many children and young people the school playground may be the only open, accessible space available to them on a regular basis that allows them to engage in [...]
PlayBoard Conference 2018 – Round Up
In October, our 34th year, we hosted a conference in Riddel Hall, Belfast. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the organisation of the conference, all the participants, speakers and of course all the [...]
Play Awareness Sessions For Parents
Play Awareness sessions for parents, funded by the EITP Play Matters project is now open for expressions of interest. We are keen to target general parent groups and those 'harder to reach' parents such as parents identified as needing [...]
Play Training For Professionals
PlayBoard NI’s Play Training for Professionals programme is targeted at those who work directly with parents and families. This one-day free training session will equip professionals with the skills to better understand play and pro-actively promote play to parents [...]
Playing Out – Children’s Commissioner Report – August 2018
A Children’s Commissioner’s report on the importance to children of play and physical activity We all remember the long hot summers of our childhood with endless warm days playing out and having fun with our friends from dawn until [...]