Nursery World - Wales launches ant-racist training and resources for practitioners working with babies and young children

The Welsh government has launched anti-racist professional training for the childcare, playwork and early years sector.

Julie Morgan, Wales' deputy minister for social services: ‘We want our early years, childcare and playwork workforces to understand and reflect all of the various communities in which our children live' PHOTO Welsh government

The free, diversity and anti-racist professional learning (DARPL) provision and resources are available for practitioners working with babies and young children providing childcare, play and nursery education.

The training is funded by the Welsh government and supports the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan.

The Welsh government said it is committed to creating an Anti-Racist Wales by 2030, 'which calls for zero tolerance of racism in all its guises'.

The anti-racist professional learning for Childcare, Playwork and Early Years (CPEY) resources are backed by the Childcare Wales Learning and Working Mutually (CWLWM), the umbrella body supporting the sector.

Launching the anti-racist CPEY resources at an event in Llanbedr, near Harlech, deputy minister for social services Julie Morgan, said, ‘Childcare, playwork and early years settings offer inclusive, accepting and fun environments where children can grow and develop.

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