Essential Information
Type | Conferences |
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Location | |
Date and Times | Thursday 28 September |
Prices | Pay what you can |
The global pandemic, cost of living crisis, wider awakening to racial inequality and injustice have changed the way we play, and how we support children, families and young people within our cultural institutions, schools, nurseries and streets and in our local communities.
This conference aims to bring together people across the cultural and education sector to share ideas and practice.
From inspiring case studies to best practice grounded in evaluation and interactive workshops, we will re-evaluate what play means in today’s society, the role we can play and what commitments we need to make to truly take play seriously.
Conference themes
Presentations and workshops will cover the following themes or wider areas:
Play and equality
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The impact of the pandemic
- Cost of living crisis
- Poverty
- Play poverty and sufficiency
- Gender identity and gender equality in play
- Temporary residents and play across cultures
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Taking play seriously – the importance of play
- Creating more time and freedom for play
- Child development
- Wellbeing
- Family resilience
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- Outdoor play / nature play
Building on Play
- Using play to access history/ culture
- Playful entries to ‘difficult’ topics
- Museums as unique places for play
- Building on play – supporting children to move through play, asking the right questions, supporting/ developing play
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Conference programme
Daytime session *fully booked: email bookings@rmg.co.uk to be added to the waiting list*
10.15am – Arrival & coffee
10.45am – Introduction from the National Maritime Museum
Speakers include Rosalind Croker-Ahmed, Senior Manager: Partnerships and Public Engagement; Ruth Boley, Senior Manager: Learning; Katie Cassels, Families and Young People Manager
11pm – Keynotes
- Planning for play and the journey towards play sufficiency; how Scotland’s policy landscape has developed to support children and young people’s participation. Speakers: Cherie Morgan and Marguerite Hunter Blair, Play Scotland
- Outdoor play and wellbeing. Speaker: Helen Dodd
- Moving play to the heart of planning, policy and practice: playful culture change in museums, schools and cultural places. Speaker: Charlotte Derry, Playful Places & OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning)
12pm – Breakouts
1.30pm – Lunch & optional tours
2.30pm – Workshops
3.30pm – Plenary
4pm – End
Evening session
4.30pm – Evening delegates arrive
5pm – Welcome & intro
5.15pm – Keynotes
5.45pm – Breakouts
6.15pm – Plenary
6.30pm – End