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🎉 Only 3 weeks to go until National Play Day 2026! 🎉Join the Vale Play Team and partners for a fantastic day of free fam...
15/07/2026

🎉 Only 3 weeks to go until National Play Day 2026! 🎉
Join the Vale Play Team and partners for a fantastic day of free family fun at Gladstone Gardens, Barry!
📅 Wednesday 5 August 2026
⏰ 11am – 3pm
📍 Gladstone Gardens, CF62 8DD
Get ready for:
🌟 Cardboard City
🏕️ Den Building
🌻 Inclusive Play Activities
🍃 Mud Kitchens
🎨 Arts & Crafts
♻️ Junk Modelling
…and lots more!
National Play Day is all about celebrating children's right to play and the importance of play for health, happiness and development. Come along, get involved and enjoy a fun-filled day for the whole family.
✅ Free event
✅ Inclusive and accessible
✅ No booking required


🎉 Dim ond 3 wythnos i fynd tan Ddiwrnod Chwarae Cenedlaethol 2026! 🎉
Ymunwch â Thîm Chwarae'r Fro a'n partneriaid am ddiwrnod gwych o hwyl am ddim i'r teulu cyfan yng Ngerddi Gladstone, Y Barri!
📅 Dydd Mercher 5 Awst 2026
⏰ 11yb – 3yp
📍 Gerddi Gladstone, CF62 8DD
Dewch i fwynhau:
🌟 Dinas Cardfwrdd
🏕️ Adeiladu Ffau
🌻 Gweithgareddau Chwarae Cynhwysol
🍃 Ceginau Mwdlyd
🎨 Celf a Chrefft
♻️ Sothach Modelu
…a llawer mwy!
Mae Diwrnod Chwarae Cenedlaethol yn dathlu hawl plant i chwarae a phwysigrwydd chwarae ar gyfer iechyd, hapusrwydd a datblygiad. Dewch draw am ddiwrnod llawn hwyl i'r teulu cyfan.
✅ Digwyddiad am ddim
✅ Cynhwysol a hygyrch
✅ Dim angen archebu

🌞🌿 Vale Play Team’s Summer of Fun 2026 🌿🌞From building dens and creating cardboard cities, to exploring parks, getting c...
10/07/2026

🌞🌿 Vale Play Team’s Summer of Fun 2026 🌿🌞

From building dens and creating cardboard cities, to exploring parks, getting creative with crafts, making new friends and enjoying the freedom to play, there's something for everyone this summer.

🌳 Play Rangers – Open access play in parks and open spaces for children aged 5–14.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Play Sessions – Outdoor play and activities for children aged 5–14 and their families.
🎨📚 Playful Libraries – Celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge with free family craft sessions in local libraries.
🤸 Open Access Playscheme – Fun-filled children-only play sessions for ages 5–14.
🎉 National Play Day – Join us at Gladstone Gardens on Wednesday 5 August for a fantastic day of family fun!

✅ FREE to attend
✅ No need to book
✅ Activities taking place across the Vale throughout the summer

These sessions are all about giving children the time, space and freedom to play, create, imagine, explore and have fun in their communities.

Take a look through our Summer Play Programme and find a session near you.
🌈☀️🌳🎨🪵⚽📚

🌞🌿 Haf o Hwyl gyda Thîm Chwarae Bro Morgannwg 2026 🌿🌞

O adeiladu cuddfannau a chreu dinasoedd cardbord, i archwilio parciau, bod yn greadigol gyda chrefftau, gwneud ffrindiau newydd a mwynhau'r rhyddid i chwarae, mae rhywbeth i bawb yr haf hwn.

🌳 Ceidwaid Chwarae – Sesiynau chwarae mynediad agored mewn parciau a mannau agored i blant 5–14 oed.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Sesiynau Chwarae Teuluol – Chwarae a gweithgareddau awyr agored i blant 5–14 oed a'u teuluoedd.
🎨📚 Llyfrgelloedd Chwareus – Dathlwch Her Ddarllen yr Haf gyda sesiynau crefft teuluol am ddim yn eich llyfrgell leol.
🤸 Cynllun Chwarae Mynediad Agored – Sesiynau chwarae hwyliog i blant yn unig, ar gyfer plant 5–14 oed.
🎉 Diwrnod Chwarae Cenedlaethol – Ymunwch â ni yng Ngerddi Gladstone ddydd Mercher 5 Awst am ddiwrnod gwych o hwyl i'r teulu cyfan!

✅ AM DDIM i fynychu
✅ Dim angen archebu lle
✅ Gweithgareddau'n digwydd ledled Bro Morgannwg drwy gydol yr haf

Mae'r sesiynau hyn yn ymwneud â rhoi'r amser, y lle a'r rhyddid i blant chwarae, creu, dychmygu, archwilio a chael hwyl yn eu cymunedau.
Edrychwch drwy ein Rhaglen Chwarae'r Haf a dewch o hyd i sesiwn yn eich ardal chi.
🌈☀️🌳🎨🪵⚽📚

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🎉 Bring Play Your Way this summer!We want you to tell us where to deliver our open access play sessions this summer 🌞📍 W...
16/06/2026

🎉 Bring Play Your Way this summer!

We want you to tell us where to deliver our open access play sessions this summer 🌞
📍 Where are your favourite parks and open spaces in the Vale of Glamorgan?
🧸 Where would you love to see play sessions happening?

Have your say and help us bring play to your community! 👇
https://forms.office.com/e/rZiRupdTSB

🎉 Dewch â Chwarae Eich Ffordd Chi yr haf hwn!

Rydym eisiau i chi ddweud wrthym ble i gynnal ein sesiynau chwarae mynediad agored yr haf hwn 🌞
📍 Ble mae eich hoff barciau a mannau agored ym Mro Morgannwg?
🧸 Ble hoffech chi weld sesiynau chwarae yn digwydd?

Rhowch eich barn a helpwch ni ddod â chwarae i’ch cymuned! 👇
https://forms.office.com/e/rZiRupdTSB

11/06/2026

🎥 A Play Friendly Vale – Conference Highlights 2026

In March, we brought partners, practitioners and communities together to share ideas and celebrate the importance of play across the Vale of Glamorgan.

Now, as we mark International Day of Play 2026, we’re continuing that conversation—championing every child’s right to play 🧸

Let’s keep working together to create a more play-friendly Vale 🌿

🎥 Cynhadledd Bro Chwareus – Uchafbwyntiau 2026

Ym mis Mawrth, daethom â phartneriaid, ymarferwyr a chymunedau ynghyd i rannu syniadau a dathlu pwysigrwydd chwarae ledled Bro Morgannwg.

Nawr, wrth ddathlu Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Chwarae 2026, rydym yn parhau’r sgwrs—yn hyrwyddo hawl pob plentyn i chwarae 🧸

Gadewch i ni barhau i greu Bro sy’n gyfeillgar i chwarae 🌿

Happy International Day of Play 2026!!! 🌍🤸‍♀️🪩🎉📦♻️🌳🪁🫟🧩🥁How many of these can you tick off? ✅To celebrate the Internation...
11/06/2026

Happy International Day of Play 2026!!! 🌍🤸‍♀️🪩🎉📦♻️🌳🪁🫟🧩🥁

How many of these can you tick off? ✅

To celebrate the International Day of Play, we’re sharing Playful Childhoods / Plentyndod Chwareus 31 simple, fun play ideas for families to try together 💛

From building dens and chasing bubbles to making mud pies and putting on a dance show—play is all about having fun, being creative, and spending time together.

Give a few a go today and let us know your favourites 👇


Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Chwarae 2026 Hapus!!!! 🌍🤸‍♀️🪩🎉📦♻️🌳🪁🫟🧩🥁

Faint o’r rhain allwch chi eu cwblhau? ✅

I ddathlu Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Chwarae, rydyn ni’n rhannu Plentyndod Chwareus 31 o syniadau chwarae syml a hwyliog i deuluoedd roi cynnig arnyn nhw gyda’i gilydd 💛

O adeiladu cuddfan a dal swigod i wneud pasteiod mwd a chynnal sioe ddawns—mae chwarae’n ymwneud â chael hwyl, bod yn greadigol a threulio amser gyda’ch gilydd.

Rhowch gynnig ar rai heddiw a rhowch wybod i ni beth yw eich ffefrynnau 👇

10/06/2026

1 day to go until International Day of Play

Get ready to celebrate by reading our storybook, 'Fun in the playground' – available online for a short time. The story aims to support children in making sure they have the right to play at school.
Read the storybook with your child
https://playfulchildhoods.wales/blog/fun-in-the-playground-storybook/

1 diwrnod i fynd tan Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Chwarae

Paratoa i ddathlu drwy darllen ein llyfr stori, 'Hwyl ar iard yr ysgol' – ar gael ar-lein am gyfnod byr. Nod y stori yw cefnogi plant i sicrhau bod ganddyn nhw'r hawl i chwarae yn yr ysgol.

Darllena'r llyfr stori gyda dy blentyn
https://plentyndodchwareus.cymru/2024/06/06/fun-in-the-playground-storybook-2/?p=1268

🎉 Celebrate International Day of Play 2026! ||🎉 Dathlu Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Chwarae 2026!🎨 Join our libraries for a day o...
08/06/2026

🎉 Celebrate International Day of Play 2026! ||🎉 Dathlu Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Chwarae 2026!

🎨 Join our libraries for a day of fun, creativity and play! ||🎨 Dewch i’n llyfrgelloedd am ddiwrnod llawn hwyl, creadigrwydd a chwarae!

📅 Thursday 11 June ||📅 Dydd Iau 11 Mehefin

📍 Penarth Library | Cowbridge Library | Barry Library||📍 Llyfrgell Penarth | Llyfrgell y Bont-faen | Llyfrgell y Barri

🕒 Family junk modelling sessions: 3.30pm – 5pm🕒 || Sesiynau modelu sboriel teulu: 3.30yp – 5yp

🧸 Let’s celebrate every child’s right to play! || 🧸 Dewch i ddathlu hawl pob plentyn i chwarae!



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18/05/2026

📣We are delighted to announce that the theme for this year’s Playday is…

Play – here, there, everywhere

This year’s theme highlights the importance of creating opportunities for children to play wherever they are. Play happens here, there and everywhere, from living rooms to school gates, to streets, parks, and neighbourhoods. It’s a part of children’s everyday life, and has a monumental impact on their happiness, health, and wellbeing. When children are supported to play in these everyday spaces, we help nurture positive outcomes and create communities where children can thrive.

This Playday, we are calling for all children to have access to:

🟢 playful moments. Small moments of play, at home and out and about, throughout the day can make a big difference to children’s everyday lives.

🟢 everyday adventures. Play doesn’t need to involve expensive activities, costly toys, or trips to far-off destinations, the simplest and free ideas are often the most fun.

🟢play their way around their neighbourhood. Making everyday journeys, to school, nursery, shops or the park, more playful and child-friendly can be enjoyable for all.

🟢inclusive and welcoming environments. Spaces and places where children of all ages and abilities feel they belong, will make a real difference to their enjoyment of play.

All children have the right to time, space and freedom to play – here, there and everywhere. This Playday, we are encouraging families, community leaders, play providers, childcare settings, and everyone working with children, to champion better spaces and opportunities for play, helping to create a more playful world where children can grow and thrive.

Please note - the Playday website is currently undergoing maintenance so is mostly unavailable.

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