Play Together has responsibility for promoting and enhancing play in Sunderland. In order to achieve this we provide the following services:

Funding

Play Together can provide funding to voluntary and community play projects to provide play activities to children aged 5-16 years during school holiday periods.

Playwork Training

A range of playwork training is on offer including nationally recognised playwork qualifications at NVQ levels 1,2 and 3. Short courses and taster sessions can also be arranged covering a range of subjects such as art and craft ideas, group games, creative play, basic health and safety training and risk assessment.

For further detail on this, please contact our co-ordinator and internal verifier, Louise Anderson on (0191)514 6150 or e-mail: louise.anderson@etec.org.uk

Play Resource Centre and Scrap Store

Play Together provides a successful loan scheme lending toys, books, games and play equipment to support the delivery of play activities. Membership to the resource centre is free (an annual membership fee is to be introduced in the near future). All equipment loaned can be delivered and collected to a venue of your choice free of charge. In addition we also provide a scrap store recycling unwanted materials from local business to use as art and craft materials. We have a large stock of various size card, coloured paper, sticky back plastic coloured vinyl and much more, which you can purchase for £1.50 per black bin bag. The scrap store is open for business Monday to Friday mornings from 9.30am until 12.30pm.

Our mobile Toy Library is a resource for equipment, toys for loan and arts and crafts to sell at a reasonable price. You can borrow toys for up to 2 weeks for 20p per toy. This is available to individuals, child-minders, creches, after school clubs, toddler groups and nurseries. We have a pick up and drop off service which is ideal for groups if they want to borrow a lot of toys.

Play Network

We can offer support, information, advice and guidance to all those involved in play and playwork in Sunderland.

For more information about our resource centre contact Sandra on (0191) 5146140 or email sanda.blakelock@etec.org.uk

Or visit our resource centre at

15-16 Lombard Street

Hendon

Sunderland

SR1 2HS

For more information about play development and funding contact Janet Laidler on (0191) 510 1296 or email janet.laider@etec.org.uk