The Carmarthenshire Play Learn and Grow Healthy project, is a 3-year ‘Healthy Friends’ theme project, working primarily with children aged 7/8 and 10/11 through a ‘buddying’ project, and extending to reach younger children and their families from 2 upwards.

The project will aim to raise awareness of the value of physical activity/healthy eating and introduce ideas for ‘buddying’ in a traditionally non-educational environment. Often work in this area is focused on health programmes delivered through schools, however, this project will provide ‘learning through play’. Activity will predominately focus on ‘buddying’ with junior aged children attending out of school childcare clubs and Childminders. Training and support will be given to all children volunteering to become ‘buddies’

The project is funded with £425,797 from the Big Lottery Fund’s (BIG) Way of Life initiative, which aims to develop new and innovative ways of promoting healthy eating, activity and play among children through projects that involve the whole family.

Childhood obesity has been one of the most worrying health trends in Wales over the last decade ,with more children overweight than ever before. WOL aims to combat childhood obesity by using three different models, which the successful projects are using to deliver the programme.

The Project Partners, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs, Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin and Wales Pre -school Playgroups Association have a history of working successfully together. They have representation within Local Authorities on the Children and Young People’s Partnerships and have links with the Health, Social Care and Well-being Partnership. with all relevant aspects of the Education Department, Local Health Board and N.H.S Trust.

For more information about the project please contact the project manager:

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The Kids’ Clubs Project

Clubs for older children and young people

Clubs for children with additional needs

Non traditional out of hours clubs

Management models in clubs

Hotchpotch

Glossary of terms

Appendix

The Kids' Clubs At Play film showcases out of school childcare clubs in Wales and the impact of The Kids' Clubs Project which was funded by the European Objective 1 programme.

For details about the toolkit, which is available in electronic format , or in A4 folder format,and cost of  the accompanying  comprehensive training package, please contact Bethan Pocock [ project manager] at our National office . For further information about the content of the toolkit please click on the link to access a description of the toolkit.