Thinking Differently
A bout Play
How it matters & why it is everybody's business
National Tour 201 7
DR WENDY RUSSELL & DR STUART LESTER
After a successful and thought-provoking visit in 2015 by Wendy Russell and Stuart Lester, four of Australia's leading
advocacy organisations, supported by the Creswick Foundation, are partnering to present a unique opportunity for
you to again hear from two of the worlds leading researchers on play. Let the conversations continue!
A chance not to be missed by anybody with an interest in play, play spaces, healthy communities or child development
Save the Date!
VICTORIA
WEDNESDAY 31ST MAY
TUESDAY 30TH MAY
THURSDAY 1ST JUNE
10.00am - 1.00pm
11.00am - 1.00pm
5.00pm - 6.30pm
OSHC & Schools
Parents
ECEC & School Leaders
10.30am – 3.00pm
Early Years & Local Govt
Darebin Arts Centre
Cnr Bell St &
St Georges Rd, Preston
Victorian Archive
Centre -99 Shiel St
Nth Melbourne
Bastow
603-615 Queensberry St
Nth Melbourne
Moonee Valley Racecourse
(Champions Room)
McPherson St, Moonee Ponds
NSW
THURSDAY 25 MAY
TH
10.30am-3.00pm
Early Years & Local Govt
Venue TBC
FRIDAY 26 MAY
TH
1.30pm - 5.00pm
International College
of Management
150 Darley Road, Manly
SA
QLD
MONDAY 5TH JUNE
WEDNESDAY 7TH JUNE
10.30am - 3.00pm
10.00am - 1.00pm
OSHC & Schools
City of Charles Sturt
72 Woodville Rd,
Woodville
Brisbane - Venue TBC
THURSDAY 8TH JUNE
10.00am - 1.00pm
OSHC & Schools
Townsville - Venue TBC
Together representing over 200 years in advocacy for children and play in Australia
Sponsored by The Creswick Foundation
Enriching Childhood
Through Play
...Continuing the Conversation
National Tour 201 7
Dr Wendy Russell
Wendy is a Senior Lecturer in Play and Playwork/
Professional Studies in Children’s Play at University of
Gloucestershire (UK) and a consultant on children’s
play and playwork.
She has worked in the play and playwork sector for
over 35 years, initially on adventure playgrounds and
then in development work, research, education and
training. She has worked with local authorities, the
private sector and local, national and international
voluntary organisations.
Her research interests include children’s play,
playwork, the politics of space, social policy and
ethics. She is a member of Editorial Board for
International Journal of Play.
Dr S tuart Lester
After many years working on adventure playgrounds and
community play projects in the North West of England,
Stuart is now Senior Lecturer in Play and Playwork/
Professional Studies in Children’s Play at the University of
Gloucestershire, UK.
Key research interests focus on the nature and value of
children’s play, playful production of time/space through
everyday encounters and the conditions under which
children’s (and adults) playfulness may thrive. This has led to a number of small-scale research projects
exploring play in museums, schools, and adventure
playgrounds.
Stuart has also worked with Wendy Russell to study
the implementation of the Welsh Government’s ‘Play
Sufficiency Duty’ and findings from this have been used
to shape further potential research projects in Wales and
the North West of England.