Carmen de Silva is a senior playworker for Play Torbay - a charity providing free play sessions in Devon.
'Play Torbay delivers sessions from three playgrounds at weekends, after school and in school holidays, for children and young people aged up to 25. The number of sessions we provide depends on funding, as we're almost entirely grant-funded. At the moment, we run every weekend and twice a week after school,' she says.
'Weekend sessions usually start at 10am. I meet the team at the playground an hour earlier to set up activities we've planned in advance. The team includes playworkers as well as a senior playworker, and an inclusion playworker who will look after children needing one-to-one support. Some playgrounds have enclosed areas where we store our materials, otherwise we drive everything over. We check the equipment is clean and in good working order before the kids arrive.
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