We want to ensure the Play Shaper programme reaches the highest standards.

SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure, Learning and Well-being, provides quality control of both the content and delivery of Play Shaper seminars, and the routes to endorsement and validation.

SkillsActive is working closely with other Sector Skills Councils covering relevant professional sectors (such as those involved with landscape architects and designers, planners and developers, parks and leisure, police and community safety, and regeneration and housing) to ensure the relevance and compatibility of the Play Shaper programme.

This includes validation of the programme within other sectors’ continuing professional development frameworks.

Endorsement and quality assurance visits

Play Shaper is endorsed by Skills Active. The endorsement process is underpinned by a robust quality assurance procedure. Training is reviewed by a sector professional and is marked against industry approved criteria.

On average, 20% of all Play Shaper professional development seminars receive a quality assurance visit from a verifier. These visits help to ensure that each seminar reaches the highest standards set out in SkillActive quality assurance systems.

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Play Shaper online learning

Use the online learning environment after you have participated in a Play Shaper seminar. You can access learning materials, online discussions and an assessment quiz that accredits your continuing professional development.

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