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Play Strategy Discussion ForumAbout Alyson ChristyAlyson Christy is National Development Manager for the Kids Playwork Inclusion Project run by Kids’ National Development Division. Alyson started working with Kids as a Kidsactive Associate Trainer. She then worked as Regional Development Officer for Yorkshire and The Humber, on secondment from her post as Play Policy Development worker with City of York Council where she facilitated the writing of 'Taking Play Forward' - a play policy framework for York. Alyson’s first experiences of playwork were within a children's home in Sierra Leone many, many years ago! She has worked to enable the inclusion of disabled children and young people in many play environments from out-of-school clubs to Adventure Playgrounds. An active player and Sharing Carer, she continues to run an inclusive open access Saturday Club. Alyson represented the Y&H Regional Centre for Playwork Education and Training, now Yorkshire Play, on SkillsActive's National Council. She is an Executive member of JNCTP (Joint National Committee for Training in Playwork) and a playworker trainer, NVQ assessor/verifier with Playscape Training Ltd. Organisational information Kids is acknowledged as a leading national agency in England for inclusive play and leisure. Working across five English Regions, the charity was established in 1970, and also provides a wide range of services for disabled children, young people and their families, including specialist and inclusive play and leisure provision. Kids National Development Division, (previously part of Kidsactive prior to merging with Kids in 2003), offers training, publications, advice and guidance on inclusive play on a national basis. It also runs: the Playwork Inclusion Project (PIP), which aims to increase the numbers of disabled children in mainstream play and childcare provision through regional support networks, seminars, workshops and advice; the Young People’s Inclusion Network, which is working with disabled young people around England to set up youth groups, which will assess favourite leisure activities, establish a national on-line network and advise on inclusive leisure opportunities; as well as a National Inclusive Play Network, http://www.fontstuff.com/kids/nipn/, with regular e-mail bulletins on inclusive play. For further information about the work of Kids NDD or the PIP project, please contact 020 7359 3073 or email us on: pip at kids.org.uk. Contact Details: Alyson Christy Back to the main page. |
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