Kate Coxon, Maria Evangelou & Kathy Sylva (2007), University of Oxford
Room to Play is a PEEP initiative offering comprehensive, flexible access to families. This is an innovative drop-in style provision underpinned by the PEEP ethos and curriculum. It is based in a busy community shopping centre, and is open six days a week.
It aims both to welcome and value all parents and carers and to extend their existing parenting practices. It is hoped that it will be of particular value to families who do not access existing statutory services. The project will run for three years and is funded by the Sutton Trust and the Garfield Weston Foundation.
An independent evaluation of the project is being carried out by the University of Oxford. It is being carried out in three phases. A summary of the first two phases of the evaluation with photos, or full reports on the first and second phases, can be downloaded below. The final phase report will be completed in autumn 2008. |