Community
We have worked at the heart of communities for more than 25 years, and to bring about positive change you have to be a part of the community, play an active role, and collaborate with a variety of local and national organisations to ensure children and young people are supported with the right help, at the right time.
We provide engaging and safe spaces for children and young people to learn valuable life skills, build resilience, self-esteem and confidence. We enable children and young people to access specialist help to overcome entrenched life challenges and trauma, and develop strategies to manage their lives.
We support children and young people in communities across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, B&NES, North Somerset and Wiltshire by providing a range of targeted and universal children’s play and youth sessions. Whether that’s 1:1, group work, open access or outreach work our team of dedicated Engagement Workers build trust and strong relationships to support children and young people when they need support to ensure no child or young person goes without help, and that children and young people are able to transition into happy, healthy adults.
Our Approach
All our work is grounded in Play and Playwork Theory or Youth Work models, both of which support the emotional and personal development of children and young people. Our highly trained staff are experts in providing engaging activities for all children and young people up to the age of 25.
Through everything we do, we aim to:
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Build children and young people’s talents and aspirations
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Improve children and young people’s confidence and self esteem
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Help children and young people to learn life skills such as team work, communication and respect for others
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Develop meaningful relationships with their peers, adults and family
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Increase children and young people’s resilience
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Supporting them to develop and grow into happy, healthy young adults.
Session information
Our team of Engagement Workers create safe spaces for children to learn and develop through play, and opportunities for young people to engage, connect and explore with our trusted youth workers.
Across Bristol and South Gloucestershire, we provide a range of open access, detached, outreach, and Adventure Play sessions after school and during the holidays to improve children and young people’s physical and emotional health and wellbeing, and meet their respective needs.
“Adventure playgrounds are a unique form of open access staffed play provision where children can enjoy their childhood through engaging in the full possibilities of their play. They are places where children can play in ways that they often can’t elsewhere and provide the play opportunities that adults used to take for granted when they were children.”
About Adventure Play
Creating camps, dens and other self-made constructions, growing plants and vegetables, making fires and cooking on them, making and meeting friends; in adventure playgrounds children learn for themselves how to deal with challenges and risks and build the resilience needed to cope with life’s challenges.
To enquire about making a referral please get in touch.
“The most important thing about adventure playgrounds is that they are places where children can just be children. They choose how, with what, with whom and for how long they play. Adventure playgrounds are popular with children because they are interesting and exciting spaces, full of possibilities. They are popular with parents who see them as challenging but safe places to play because they are staffed by skilled playworkers who are at the heart of the neighbourhood community.””