Meet Gyimaah, Sarah & Asher
For first-time parents Sarah and Gyimaah, our Dads & Bubs Playgroup has been a lifeline of support on their journey through parenthood with their 12-month-old son, Asher.
This year, Playgroup NSW is proud to present the theme “Play for Our Future.” Our campaign highlights the incredible impact of play in fostering happy, healthy, and resilient children. Through play, children develop essential skills, build confidence, and form lifelong connections – all of which help strengthen families and communities.
Our theme, Play For Our Future, reflects our unique model of co-participation whereby playgroup not only offer benefits to children, but more importantly to parents and to the community. So too, playgroups provide benefits to the formal early childhood education and care sector, early childhood health and longitudinal benefits across all government portfolios.
Play For Our Future highlights our shared approach to ensuring that all children and families harness the power of play – now and long into the future – through sustainable investment and a clear acknowledgement of the critical role playgroups play. So too, we seek to modernise and innovate our approach to ensure that children in alternate care and no-traditional family settings experience the benefits of play, as do underrepresented groups such as dads, culturally diverse families, parents with intellectual disability, Aboriginal communities, rural and remote families and more.
From free webinars, amazing new early home learning fact sheets, the launch of a great research report with LEGO, facts of the day, an event at NSW Parliament House and some gorgeous stories from families, join us in National Playgroup Week and together, let’s play for our future.
Emily Caska
CEO, Playgroup NSW
For first-time parents Sarah and Gyimaah, our Dads & Bubs Playgroup has been a lifeline of support on their journey through parenthood with their 12-month-old son, Asher.
Meet Taylor, a dedicated mum to Vin, a bright and spirited 3-year-old child. Like many parents, Taylor wanted to find the best support for her son, helping him grow and develop in a way that celebrated his unique abilities. That’s when she discovered PlayConnect+, a playgroup designed specifically for children with disabilities.
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