PARS in the UK
In the UK, PARS playwork is being taken up by professionals working in a wide range of settings, from out of school care to nurseries and playgroups, adventure playgrounds and also parents. Several organisations, such as Stevenage Local Authority Play Service, Smartkidz out of school care and Cambridge Kids Club have used PARS to develop their entire services, including training for staff and parents, developing policies and using the model to explain their approach to working with children to parents, funders and other professional colleagues.
Read how Tom from Smartkidz out of school care put his PARS training into practice.
We have three training venues in the UK: Somerford Grove Adventure Playground in London, Pitsmoor Adventure Playground in Sheffield, and Girton Glebe Primary School in Cambridge. Our UK-based PARS trainers, Rebekah Jackson and Shelly Newstead, are also regularly invited to develop PARS in-house training and consultancy programmes for playwork and childcare settings.
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“I really enjoyed the PARS Masterclass. The training sessions were thought provoking and generated lively group discussions. Practitioners from a variety of settings attended and it seemed the course offered something for each. I am looking forward to using the methods and techniques explained on the course to encourage my team to become more reflective and stay focussed on what is important to children at our Out of School Club.”
Lesley BerryWatford, UK
“I always felt that to do Playwork meant that your setting had to be a free for all and couldn’t see how I could do that in my school based clubs. Now I understand that you’ve got to do playwork in the context of your setting, your environment and your kids I’ve been able to have that conversation with the Head teachers of my schools and it’s been really well received!”
Laura TroopJumping Jakes Clubs, The Wirral, UK
“PARS has given us a common language, which means that we can have professional conversations about children’s well-being and development. It is also really motivating for staff to be able to talk about their new practice knowledge alongside child development goals.”
Amy BrooksLittle Wombatz Daycare, Soham, UK
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