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Vale of Glamorgan Play Development Team - Children and young people's activities

Last updated: 31/01/2024
Children and young people's activities
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What we do

We aim to increase the number of children, young people and families who access quality play opportunities. This is achieved in two ways:
(1) By directly delivering community play provision through opportunities such as playschemes, Play Ranger sessions, Forest Schools sessions and events
(2) By facilitating others to deliver - we can assist organisations and individuals to deliver their own provision by helping with areas such as training, mentoring, developing partnerships and provision of equipment.

We are responsible for the delivery of the Families First Holiday Play club during the school holidays for disabled children and young people. These schemes provide a comprehensive service which includes access to personal care, a nurse, specialist equipment and staff who are experienced with working with disabled children and young people.

We are also the lead on the Play Sufficiency Assessment process in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Who do we support

The team work with a variety of residents, internal Council departments, local community groups, schools and national organisations to achieve the aim of the service. Due to the dual role we can be seen to be supporting a vast number of partners to achieve their own aims.
These partners include:
• Service users – local residents including children, young people and families (including families of disabled children)
• Town & Community Councils
• Local resident groups
• Community based organisations
• Schools
• Internal departments such as Family Information Service, Creative Rural Communities, Housing Department, Safer Vale partners, the Events team

Is there a charge to use this service?

Depends - Currently, access to the play activities delivered by the Play Development Team such as Play Rangers, play events and open access playscheme are usually free. There is a small charge per day for our CIW registered Families First Holiday Club for children with disabilities.

For organisations who want the team to deliver on their behalf there is usually a charge to cover the cost of buying in staff and resources. The cost will depend on the service required.

Can anyone use this service?

It depends on which service they wish to access. The majority of the provision is delivered on an open access basis. However, in order to ensure that the appropriate resources are in place, spaces for the Families First Holiday Club must be booked in advance. The parents / guardians can request a place or referrals are received from partners such as the Disability Index Co-ordinator, Child Health and Disability Team and the Specialist Health Visitor.

Service details for this children and young people's activities

Language: English only

  • Can support children with disabilities / additional needs? Yes
    Please contact to discuss your child(s) needs further.   All of our community play provision is inclusive.

    Our Family First Holiday Club specifically offers play opportunities for children and young people with disabilities whilst having their individual needs catered for. As part of this scheme we are usually able to offer services such as 1:1 support, nurse support, personal care and specialist sensory equipment.
  • Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? Yes

 Address

 You can send post here:

Vale Play Development Team
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Alps Depot
Quarry Road
Wenvoe
CF62 9BG

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 Opening times

Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday, 8:30am - 5pm
Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm

Where do we provide our service?

We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.