Vale Play Development Team

17/02/2026

🎉 Join us for A Play Friendly Vale!
A day dedicated to play, connection, and community.

📍 Porthkerry Country Park
📅 Thursday 5 March
⏰ 10am – 3pm: Conference for play-minded professionals
⏰ 3.30pm – 5pm: Play session for families ✨ No booking needed – just turn up and play!

Let’s celebrate the power of play together 💛

👉 Professionals can book their place online now: https://forms.office.com/e/cBfBdCmYHH

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🎉 Ymunwch â ni am Gwm Chwarae-Gyfeillgar!

Diwrnod wedi'i gysegru i chwarae, cysylltiad, a chymuned.

📍 Parc Gwledig Porthceri
📅 Dydd Iau 5 Mawrth

⏰ 10am – 3pm
Cynhadledd i weithwyr proffesiynol sy'n meddwl am chwarae

⏰ 3.30pm – 5pm
Sesiwn chwarae i deuluoedd ✨
Nid oes angen archebu – dewch draw a chwaraewch!

Gadewch i ni ddathlu pŵer chwarae gyda'n gilydd 💛

👉 Gall gweithwyr proffesiynol archebu eu lle yma:
https://forms.office.com/e/cBfBdCmYHH

09/02/2026

🌞🌳 FREE February Half Term Play Sessions 🌳🌞

✨ Open Acess Playscheme (Ages 5–14) ✨
📍 Palmerston Community Learning Centre, Barry
🆓 Free to attend – registration required
📦♻️🎨🎪🌷

✨ Family Play Sessions ✨
📍 The Gathering Place, St Athan
📍 Belle Vue Park & Community Centre, Penarth
🆓 Free to attend
🌼🔎🖍️🧩

🍎🍐 Our sessions are all funded by the Welsh Government’s Playworks Holiday Project, and delivered by Vale Play Team. Healthy snacks available at each session 🍊🍌

If you've never been to our sessions, you can complete a Community Play Registration Form online https://forms.office.com/r/nac45wNYHw 📝

🌞🌳 Sesiynau Chwarae Hanner Tymor Chwefror AM DDIM 🌳🌞

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✨ Cynllun Chwarae Mynediad Agored (Oedran 5–14) ✨
📍 Canolfan Ddysgu Gymunedol Palmerston, Y Barri
🆓 Am ddim i fynychu – angen cofrestru
📦♻️🎨🎪🌷

✨Sesiynau Chwarae i'r Teulu✨
📍 Y Man Ymgynnull, Sain Tathan
📍 Parc a Chanolfan Gymunedol Belle Vue, Penarth
🆓 Am ddim i fynychu
🌼🔎🖍️🧩

🍎🍐 Mae ein sesiynau i gyd wedi'u hariannu gan Brosiect Gwyliau Playworks Llywodraeth Cymru, a'u cyflwyno gan Dîm Chwarae'r Fro. Byrbrydau iach ar gael ym mhob sesiwn 🍊🍌

Os nad ydych erioed wedi bod i’n sesiynau, gallwch lenwi Ffurflen Gofrestru Chwarae Cymunedol ar-lein yma:
https://forms.office.com/r/nac45wNYHw 📝

25/12/2025

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from Vale Play Team!
Thank you to all the children, families, and partners who’ve made this year so special. We hope your holidays are filled with laughter, joy, and plenty of play. 🎅🎁
We look forward to seeing what 2026 brings ✨

🎄✨ Nadolig Llawen gan Dîm Chwarae’r Fro!
Diolch i’r holl blant, teuluoedd a phartneriaid sydd wedi gwneud y flwyddyn hon mor arbennig. Gobeithiwn y bydd eich gwyliau’n llawn chwerthin, llawenydd a digonedd o chwarae. 🎅🎁
Edrychwn ymlaen at weld beth mae 2026 yn ei gynnig ✨

05/12/2025

🌿 Outdoor Paediatric First Aid – Level 3 Training! 🌿
Are you a Playworker, Forest School Leader, Childcare Provider, or someone who works with children outdoors? This accredited QCF Level 3 course delivered by the wonderful Ignite Unlocking Potential ltd will qualify you in both Outdoor First Aid and Paediatric First Aid — essential skills for keeping children safe in adventurous environments.

📅 Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 January
🕘 9am – 5pm
📍 Palmerston Community Learning Centre

💷 Funding available for eligible settings!
📩 Places are limited — to secure your spot, contact the Vale Play Team:
playwork@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
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🌿 Cymorth Cyntaf Pediatrig Awyr Agored – Hyfforddiant Lefel 3! 🌿
Ydych chi'n Weithiwr Chwarae, Arweinydd Ysgol Goedwig, Darparwr Gofal Plant, neu rywun sy'n gweithio gyda phlant yn yr awyr agored? Bydd y cwrs QCF Lefel 3 achrededig hwn a gyflwynir gan y cwmni gwych Ignite Unlocking Potential ltd yn eich cymhwyso mewn Cymorth Cyntaf Awyr Agored a Chymorth Cyntaf Pediatrig — sgiliau hanfodol ar gyfer cadw plant yn ddiogel mewn amgylcheddau anturus.

📅 Dydd Sadwrn 17 a Dydd Sul 18 Ionawr
🕘 9am – 5pm
📍 Canolfan Ddysgu Gymunedol Palmerston

💷 Cyllid ar gael ar gyfer lleoliadau cymwys!
📩 Mae lleoedd yn gyfyngedig — i sicrhau eich lle, cysylltwch â Thîm Chwarae'r Fro:
playwork@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Vale Childcare Providers/Grŵp Darparwyr Gofal Plant y Fro Vale Family Compass

26/11/2025

We had a great time at St Helen's Christmas Fayre last night! Thanks to our friends Seren in the Community for bringing the snow and Christmas cheer! We have another three weeks of after school family play sessions running before Christmas! 🎄🎅🎁❄️

Cawson ni amser gwych yn Ffair Nadolig Santes Helens neithiwr! Diolch i'n ffrindiau Seren am ddod â'r eira a hwyl y Nadolig! Mae gennym ni dair wythnos arall o sesiynau chwarae teuluol ar ôl ysgol cyn y Nadolig! 🎄🎅🎁❄️

12/11/2025

Tomorrow! || Yfory!

We're excited to collaborate with The Vale of Glamorgan Council on this new initiative, which kicks off this Thursday at The Gathering Place St Athan! Keep the kids busy on a wet and windy afternoon at a family play session and warm space!

Remember, it's your local community centre, use it or lose it!

07/11/2025

🥳 Family Play Sessions are coming next week!

We’re excited to announce our new After-School Family Play Sessions, running in three local schools thanks to Shared Prosperity funding.

These sessions offer families the chance to enjoy a variety of fun, engaging play activities together, with a warm meal provided for everyone who attends.

If you’re a family from any of these communities, we look forward to welcoming you next week.

PLUS… thanks to Warm Spaces funding, we’re also launching an after-school Family Play Session at The Gathering Place, St Athan.
👉 Thursdays, 4pm–5:30pm — everyone welcome!

To help keep these sessions running beyond the current funding, we will soon be seeking community volunteers to become Community Play Champions. Full training and support will be provided.

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🥳 Mae Sesiynau Chwarae i'r Teulu yn dod yr wythnos nesaf!

Rydym yn gyffrous i gyhoeddi ein Sesiynau Chwarae Teuluol Ar ôl Ysgol newydd, a gynhelir mewn tair ysgol leol diolch i gyllid Rhannu Ffyniant.

Mae'r sesiynau hyn yn cynnig cyfle i deuluoedd fwynhau amrywiaeth o weithgareddau chwarae hwyliog a chyffrous gyda'i gilydd, gyda phryd o fwyd cynnes yn cael ei ddarparu i bawb sy'n mynychu.

Os ydych chi'n deulu o unrhyw un o'r cymunedau hyn, edrychwn ymlaen at eich croesawu yr wythnos nesaf.

HEFYD… diolch i gyllid Mannau Cynnes, rydym hefyd yn lansio Sesiwn Chwarae Teuluol ar ôl ysgol yn The Gathering Place, Sain Tathan.
👉 Bob dydd Iau, 4pm–5:30pm — croeso i bawb!

I helpu i gadw'r sesiynau hyn yn rhedeg y tu hwnt i'r cyllid presennol, byddwn yn chwilio am wirfoddolwyr cymunedol yn fuan i ddod yn Hyrwyddwyr Chwarae Cymunedol. Darperir hyfforddiant a chefnogaeth lawn.

Vale of Glamorgan Council Vale Family Compass The Gathering Place St Athan Group Parents of Jenner Park Oak Field Primary

03/11/2025

🌟 We did it! 🌟

We’re absolutely thrilled to share that our open access play setting has been rated “Excellent” in all areas following our recent inspection! 🙌

This amazing result celebrates the passion and commitment of our playworkers, who create a safe, inclusive, and inspiring space where children can freely choose, create, and explore through play. 💛

A huge thank you to our brilliant team, our children, and our local community — this achievement belongs to you all! 🛝✨

📄 Read our full inspection report here:
👉 https://digital.careinspectorate.wales/directory/service/SIN-00013819-CCXH

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🌟 Llwyddiant! 🌟

Rydym wrth ein bodd yn rhannu bod ein lleoliad chwarae mynediad agored wedi'i raddio'n "Ardderchog" ym mhob maes yn dilyn ein harolygiad diweddar! 🙌

Mae'r canlyniad anhygoel hwn yn dathlu angerdd ac ymrwymiad ein gweithwyr chwarae, sy'n creu gofod diogel, cynhwysol ac ysbrydoledig lle gall plant ddewis, creu ac archwilio yn rhydd trwy chwarae. 💛

Diolch yn fawr i'n tîm gwych, ein plant, a'n cymuned leol - mae'r cyflawniad hwn yn perthyn i chi i gyd! 🛝✨

📄 Darllenwch adroddiad llawn ein harolygiad yma:
👉 https://digital.careinspectorate.wales/directory/service/SIN-00013819-CCXH

23/10/2025

Did you know you can follow us on Eventbrite to see all of our community play sessions in one place?! || Oeddech chi'n gwybod y gallwch chi ein dilyn ni ar Eventbrite i weld ein holl sesiynau chwarae cymunedol mewn un lle?!

http://valeplayteam.eventbrite.co.uk/

There's no need to book tickets for our sessions, you can just turn up and play || Does dim angen archebu tocynnau ar gyfer ein sesiynau, gallwch chi droi i fyny a chwarae

21/10/2025

🍂OCTOBER HALF TERM PLAY SESSIONS || SESIYNAU CHWARAE HANNER TYMOR HYDREF 🍂

🎃Join us in October Half Term for our FREE play sessions across the Vale || Ymunwch â ni yn Hanner Tymor Hydref ar gyfer ein sesiynau chwarae AM DDIM ar draws y Fro🎃

We have Family Play Sessions, Community Play Rangers and our Open Access Playscheme running thanks to funding from Welsh Government's Playworks Holiday Project || Mae gennym ni Sesiynau Chwarae i’r Teulu, Ceidwaid Chwarae Cymunedol a’n Cynllun Chwarae Mynediad Agored yn rhedeg diolch i gyllid gan Brosiect Gwyliau Playworks Llywodraeth Cymru

If you've never been to our sessions, you can complete a Community Play Registration Form online || Os nad ydych erioed wedi bod i’n sesiynau, gallwch lenwi Ffurflen Gofrestru Chwarae Cymunedol ar-lein yma:

https://forms.office.com/r/nac45wNYHw 📝

We hope to see you soon! || Gobeithiwn eich gweld yn fuan!

15/09/2025

We had the BEST summer, and we hope that you did too 🌞 || Cawson ni’r haf GORAU, a gobeithio eich bod chithau hefyd 🌞

We value your feedback for us to continue to improve the play opportunities we offer in the Vale🤹‍♀️|| Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi eich adborth er mwyn i ni barhau i wella’r cyfleoedd chwarae rydyn ni’n eu cynnig yn y Fro🤹‍♀️

If you attended any of our play sessions this summer, please let us know what you thought by completing this short survey💭💬 || Os gwnaethoch chi fynychu unrhyw un o’n sesiynau chwarae’r haf hwn, rhowch wybod i ni beth oedd eich barn trwy gwblhau’r arolwg byr hwn💭💬

https://forms.office.com/e/N7Q4yqivYq

15/09/2025

Diolch Penarth Library Llyfrgell Penarth & Vale of Glamorgan Libraries

We had the BEST summer, and we hope that you did too 🌞 || Cawson ni’r haf GORAU, a gobeithio eich bod chithau hefyd 🌞

We value your feedback for us to continue to improve the play opportunities we offer in the Vale🤹‍♀️|| Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi eich adborth er mwyn i ni barhau i wella’r cyfleoedd chwarae rydyn ni’n eu cynnig yn y Fro🤹‍♀️

If you attended any of our play sessions this summer, please let us know what you thought by completing this short survey💭💬 || Os gwnaethoch chi fynychu unrhyw un o’n sesiynau chwarae’r haf hwn, rhowch wybod i ni beth oedd eich barn trwy gwblhau’r arolwg byr hwn💭💬

https://forms.office.com/e/N7Q4yqivYq