Play Wales' impact report

Play is essential to health; a healthy Play Wales is essential to play.

Play Wales impact report 2020 – 2021 

An overview of Play Wales’ work and achievements to campaign for children’s play over the 2020-2021 year.

It features information and examples about how we have adapted our work to support the sector, in response to COVID-19, supported national priorities and engaged with our audiences, Provided CPD opportunities and produced resources to ensure the play workforce and anyone with an interest in children’s play is well-informed, collaborated locally, nationally and internationally to support children’s play, engaged with new audiences to further promote children’s right to play, and commissioned and published research to inform our work and to increase understanding of the importance of children’s play and playwork.

It also includes a foreword by Play Wales’ Chair, Dr Mike Shooter CBE as well as a section on our future plans to continue to support and promote children’s play.

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Play Wales impact report 2019 – 2020

The impact report provides an overview of Play Wales’ work and achievements to campaign for children’s play over the 2019-2020 year. 

It features information and examples about how we have: supported national priorities and engaged with our audience, provided opportunities and produced resources to ensure the play workforce and anyone with an interest in children’s play is well-informed, collaborated locally and nationally across Wales, engaged with new audiences to further promote children’s right to play, and commissioned and published research to inform our work. It also includes a foreword written by Play Wales’ Chair, Dr Mike Shooter CBE as well as a section on how we will work to continue to support and promote children’s play to create a play-friendly Wales.

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Play Wales impact report 2018 – 2019

The impact report provides an overview of Play Wales’ work and achievements to campaign for children’s play over the 2018-2019 year. It includes sections on how we have supported national priorities and engaged with our audience, provided opportunities and produced resources to ensure the play workforce and anyone with an interest in children’s play is well-informed. It also shows how we have collaborated locally and nationally across Wales.
 
The report includes a foreword by Play Wales’ Chair, Dr Mike Shooter CBE as well as a section on how we will work to continue to support and promote children’s play to create a play-friendly Wales.

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Play Wales impact report 2017 - 2018

The impact report provides an overview of Play Wales’ work and achievements to campaign for children’s play over the past year. It includes sections on how we’ve supported national priorities and engaged with our audience, provided opportunities, produced publications and how we have collaborated locally to ensure the play and playwork workforces are well-informed, across Wales.
 
The report also includes a foreword by Play Wales’ Chair, Dr Mike Shooter CBE as well as a section on how we will work to continue to support and promote children’s play to create a play-friendly Wales.

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Play Wales impact report 2016 - 2017

The impact report provides an overview of Play Wales’ work and achievements to advocate for children’s play over the past year.

It includes sections on how we’ve supported national priorities and engaged with our audience, provided opportunities, produced publications and how we have collaborated locally to ensure the play workforce and playwork workforce is well-informed, across Wales. The report also includes a foreword by Play Wales’ Chair, Dr Mike Shooter CBE as well as a section on how we will work to continue to support and promote children’s play to create a play friendly Wales.

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Play Wales impact report 2015 – 2016

The impact report provides an overview of Play Wales’ work and achievements over the past year to advocate for children’s play. It includes sections on how we’ve supported national priorities and engaged with our audience, provided opportunities and produced publications to ensure the play workforce is well-informed, and how we have collaborated locally across Wales.

The report also includes a foreword by Play Wales’ Chair, Dr Mike Shooter CBE as well as a section on our future plans to continue to support and promote children’s play to create a play friendly Wales.

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Play Wales Impact Report 2014 - 2015

The impact report provides an overview of Play Wales’ work and achievements over the past year to advocate for children’s play. It includes sections on how we’ve supported national priorities and engaged with our audience, provided opportunities and produced publications to ensure the play workforce is well-informed, and how we have collaborated locally across Wales.

The report also includes a foreword by Play Wales’ Chair, Dr Mike Shooter CBE as well as a section on our future plans to continue to support and promote children’s play to create a play friendly Wales.

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Previous Annual Reports 

The following annual reports demonstrate the contribution Play Wales has made to children's play in Wales. They also set out how we have achieved our aims and objectives during the period they cover.