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This page contains contact information for all the current
Ludemos Associates. Please contact us
if you want to know more about our work or
book us for a conference or course.
Ludemos Associates: Improving playwork practice through training and
development
Our Vision: An independent agency aiming
to be the best thinkers and trainers in play and playwork, working together to
develop the best playwork practice
Our
main aims and objectives
Improve
play opportunities for children
- To improve playwork practice in the UK and the rest of
the world
- To help playwork thinking move on, help the profession
Delivering
the best quality playwork training and information materials
- To provide real quality in what we do; so that quality is
associated with Ludemos and the work is taken seriously
- To formalise the work we do, creating an effective brand
linked to quality materials
- To ensure that this work is sustainable
Ensuring
that the work of associates is recognised and valued
by the playwork field
- To act as a principled organisation
- To capture the thinking of the group; form a bank of
understanding to be shared with the playwork field
Acting
with integrity and professionalism
- To act with integrity, authenticity and to professional
standards
- To work only to the best standards in the field
Being
playful in what we do
- To set an example by being playful in our work
MA PGCE
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Gordon is more than middle aged and still enjoys playing. He
believes there is no such thing as an adult, only children of different
ages. He was brought up in India, which he feels, gave him a unique
perspective on play and playing. Most of his working life has been
happily absorbed in the search for meaningful explanations for play,
most particularly in therapy, where he saw play being used for curative
outcome with too little acknowledgement.
Psycholudics is an attempt to describe play in new dimensions as
transpersonal and directly related to our being. Consequently he
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BA Hons PGCHE
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Perry has played in a variety of settings over the years including (in
chronological order) tin baths, back yards, garages, cemeteries, estate
roads, fields, adventure playgrounds (Sheffield), art college, bands,
galleries, department stores, adventure playgrounds (London), after
school clubs, community groups, sports centres, holiday playschemes,
adventure playgrounds (Bristol), play policy groups, development trusts,
arts projects, play conferences, council chambers, consultancy projects,
seminar rooms… and always on beaches and in woods.
Perry is fascinated
by the balance in human growth imposed by genetics and from
cultural and social influences.
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MEd BA Hons PGCHE
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Wendy discovered adventure playgrounds in 1974 and was smitten. She
has worked in playwork ever since in a variety of roles and guises,
much of this in education and training. She currently divides her
time between her work as a lecturer at University of
Gloucestershire, freelance work, work with Ludemos and her own
research and writing. She is particularly interested in developing a
language to explain what is unique about the playwork role.
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MSc BA Hons PGCE
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Sarah is a designer and lecturer in art
and design who for several years ran her own business. She has written a
Masters thesis on the influence of play on fashion. She also delivers
seminars and workshops on developing creativity. She has three children
and likes dressing up. |
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