Huge #conference26 news for you!
It might still be 500 odd days to go till the next National Play, Playing, and Playwork Conference in 2026 but things are starting to hot up and before we know it, the date will be on us like an express train.
So, here is the timeline for you that plots key points in the next few months leading up to the gig. This Timeline tells you when various ticket types become available, when you should be putting in your breakout session submissions to present at conference, and at what point we will be revealing the names of keynote and principal speakers.
Yes, there will be video updates coming too! (you said you liked them last time).
Note in particular the sale of pre-conference tickets in November – these are a highly limited number of tickets offered at below the early bird ticket rate and issued before any speaker names and program details are released. It’s for the real diehards out there to grab a bargain and they tend to disappear quick.
So, any questions? Let us know in the comments just how excited you are at this news! #notlongnow*
Marc Armitage is a consultant, researcher and writer in play, playing and playwork. He has been a profesional Playworker for a looooong time and hass been freelance since 1989.
He regularly travels the world speaking to groups of professionals from a broad spectrum of work sectors in the children and young peoples workforce including playworkers, early educators, primary and secondary school teachers, out-of-school people, parks and playground designers, politicians, policy makers and many others.
He also spends a lot of time talking with children. With. That's the key word.
“Play is a thing by itself. The play-concept as such is of a higher order than is seriousness. For seriousness seeks to exclude play, whereas play can very well include seriousness.”
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)
If you can think of others that you feel I should be following please let me know.
