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  • ABOUT COMMON THREADS
    • Contact us
    • Terms & Conditions
  • TRAINING
    • PARS News
    • PARS PRACTITIONERS
    • PARS Masterclasses
    • PARS Practicals
    • PARS Licensed Trainers
    • PARS Course Application Form
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Resources Sale!
    • International Journal of Playwork Practice >
      • Editorial Board
      • Instructions for Authors
      • Back Issues
      • IJPP Research Seminar
    • Busker's Guides
    • Playwork Classics
    • Playwork Theory
    • Advances in Playwork Research
    • Management
  • Research

common threads

developing playwork practice

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The practice of playwork originated in adventure playgrounds, created in the middle of the twentieth century to provide children’s spaces within urban environments. Common Threads was set up in 1999 by Dr Shelly Newstead to develop playwork training and publications, and since then we have employed 80 trainers across the world, developed 32 new resources to support good playwork practice and donated over £6000 to international NGO's which support children's right to play.

Still operating as a social enterprise, Common Threads continues to develop playwork practice internationally through innovative projects and publications. Nowadays we focus on the development of the PAR
S model of playwork practice, which is currently being used by practitioners across China, the UK, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, the Channel Islands and Australia. 

You can find more details of our current projects by using the buttons at the top of this page (hover for drop-down menus), or join our database to receive our termly newsletters.

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​Common Threads is a social enterprise which trades as Common Threads Publications Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales
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