A. Inclusive Play in Action - What does it really look like?

A joint Kids Active/London Play Regional Seminar highlighting good practice in including disabled children and young people in play and childcare settings.

Tuesday 26 April 2005,  10am - 14.30 pm

Hosted by the Limes Children's Centre  -  Walthamstow, London  

There is no charge for the seminar but delegates will be charged a fee of £15 for cancellations received after 1pm on Thursday 21st April.   For further details please contact: Ruth Whitworth,  Kids Active, Tel:  0207 359 3073 - or email: ruth.whitworth@kidsactive.org.uk   

B. Kids Active’s National Inclusive Play Network and new E group

Kids Active runs the National Inclusive Play Network which comes under the Playwork Inclusion Project funded by the DfES Sure Start Unit.  Despite the huge apparent increase in awareness around inclusion, disabled children are still regularly left out of discussions around play, and play is regularly left out of discussions around the needs of disabled children. We feel it is more important than ever to demonstrate the growing support and action on inclusive play. One way of doing that will be by collating information from Network members which will provide a detailed picture of the state of inclusive play, childcare and leisure provision across England.

As a member of the NIP Network you will be regularly informed about inclusive play and receive information about regional meetings and seminars.  You will also be able to take part in the new NIP Network e-discussion group, which aims to provide a forum for members to share good practice and discuss issues around inclusion.
If you are interested in joining the  NIP Network - please take a few minutes to complete a short questionnaire related to your work and attitudes on inclusion. You will find the form at: http://www.fontstuff.com/kidsactive/nipn/ and you can submit your response online.

If you are already a member of the NIP Network and have filled in a previous form, could you please complete the new form as we are in the process of updating our database.  This will also serve to confirm your membership of the Network. For further information on the work of Kids Active including information on our training or publications, please email: pip@kidsactive.org.uk or tel: 0207 359 3073.