# THE PLAYWORK FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1176557
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 8, 2018
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1176557


## Contact

- **Address:** 14 Cobden Road, Wrexham
- **Postcode:** LL13 7TH
- **Phone:** 07508 822309
- **Email:** sion@playworkfoundation.org.uk
- **Website:** www.playworkfoundation.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCHILDREN’S PLAY AND PLAYWORK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (I) PROVIDINGINFORMATION, (II) RAISING AWARENESS, (III) FACILITATING DISCOURSE (IV) CARRYING OUT RESEARCHAND (V) BUILDING CAPACITY.NOTESFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘CHILDREN’S PLAY’ MEANS THE FREELY CHOSENPROCESS, PERSONALLY DIRECTED AND INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED BY CHILDREN ANDYOUNG PEOPLE. THAT IS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DETERMINE AND CONTROL THECONTENT AND INTENT OF THEIR PLAY, BY FOLLOWING THEIR OWN INSTINCTS, IDEAS ANDINTERESTS, IN THEIR OWN WAY FOR THEIR OWN REASONS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘PLAYWORK’ MEANS THE PROFESSION OR VOCATIONDEDICATED TO THE PLAYWORK PRINCIPLES, AS DEFINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THEPLAYWORK PRINCIPLES SCRUTINY GROUP, OR WHICHEVER RECOGNISED BODY MAY SUCCEEDIT IN SUCH ROLE (SEE APPENDIX 2 FOR THE CURRENT PLAYWORK PRINCIPLES).

**Activities:** Provides Advocacy, advice and information;  Sponsors Or Undertakes Research;  Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body for Playworkers and Playwork




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Other Charitable Purposes



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £0 | £990 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £68 | £915 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £121 | £1087 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £5025 | £1589 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £40 | £120 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ALISON WOOD — appointed March 8, 2019
- Anne-Marie Mackin — appointed Jan. 21, 2021
- Helen Stephenson — appointed July 30, 2021
- Julia Green — appointed Nov. 30, 2018
- Margaret Anne Stobart — appointed March 8, 2019
- Penelope Mary Dunn Wilson — appointed June 30, 2022
- SARAH JANE BERRY — appointed Oct. 18, 2024
- SIMON JOHN BAZLEY — appointed March 8, 2019
- Simon Rix — appointed Nov. 30, 2018
- Sion Lewis Edwards — appointed Nov. 30, 2018