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Playtrain is the leading provider of hands-on training creative children’s consultations and research for organisations and individuals working with children. We aim to promote the creative potential of children to help make childhood an inspiring journey of discovery. Playtrain works with play and early year’s services, the arts, public sector agencies, community groups, children, families and anyone wanting to work creatively with children. We provide a range of creative training courses which can be tailored to your needs. Our areas of expertise include:

 

  • Encouraging children’s creativity
  • Creative training across the visual, performing and digital arts
  • Children’s participation
  • Promoting positive behaviour
  • Disability equality & inclusion

We aim to enable adults to develop the skills and awareness to facilitate children’s creative expression. Our courses are fun and informal. Please see our Training page for further details. We work with clients to tailor make projects that:

  • Enable children to participate in planning and decision making
  • Use creative arts to encourage expression and participation
  • Encourage adults and children to work in partnership

For more information on our projects please see our Children’s Consultation, Research and Project pages.