Nursery World - Sprito Scotland plays host to popular conferences

Playworkers from all over Scotland flocked to the Highland capital Inverness on Saturday 1 March, for 'Spring into Play' - the second of two recent national playworkers' conferences hosted by SPRITO Scotland's Playwork Sector Group. Nearly 100 delegates attended the one-day event at Culloden Academy, supported by OOSCF (Out of School Care Federation) and sponsored by HIE (Highland and Islands Enterprise) and the Highland Council.

Nearly 100 delegates attended the one-day event at Culloden Academy, supported by OOSCF (Out of School Care Federation) and sponsored by HIE (Highland and Islands Enterprise) and the Highland Council.

The conference was opened by Highland councillor David Alston, who outlined his local authority's approach to play and childcare provision. The vice-chair of IPA (International Play Association) Scotland, Theresa Casey, gave a presentation demonstrating how she set up a play provision centre in Bangkok -the first in Thailand. She also told delegates about the wider role of the IPA and the 'Putting Playwork on the Map' project - a roadshow promoting Article 31 and the child's right to play - which will be running in the Highlands and Islands from April to July this year.

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