The Association has over 20 years experience in supporting toy libraries through its training programmes. The Association's Training Services is pleased to provide a comprehensive training programme that can meet the needs of a wide variety of organisations, individuals and groups. For dates and venues of courses click here to download our latest training schedule: To book a place on any of our training courses, please call us on 020 7428 2287 alternatively use our online enquiry form to contact us.
Budgeting for Toy and Leisure Libraries
Gives a good introduction to budgeting allowing planning for the future, identifying of core costs and correct calculations of any future project costs. Suitable for those with little budgeting experience. A free disk is given containing spread sheets to help in your future budget planning.
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Databases
This course looks at a number of computer based cataloguing systems that are available and offer help and advice on selecting the right one for your toy library.
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Equal Opportunities and Diversity within Toy Libraries
This one day course gives a wider overview of issues relating to Equal Opportunities and Diversity by exploring the practical and creative solutions to consolidate and improve practice within a toy library setting.
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Evaluating Your Toy Library
For established toy libraries who want a hands on workshop to look at where their project is now and see how it can develop.
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Extended Schools Games Clubs
Introducing board games to children 4 - 14. A theoretical and practical examination of setting up a games club in schools or toy libraries.
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Inclusion - making play possible for all
Considers ways in which children with additional support needs should be included in and enabled to participate in play.
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Introduction To Toy Libraries
Focuses on the processes involved in setting up and running a toy library.
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Networking and Getting Together
This course supports the Association's publication on networking and looks at the steps necessary to form a network to assist in raising your profile and significance.
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Reaching Out - working with families we find hard to reach
Identifies why toy libraries and other service providers find some families hard to reach and offers strategies for reaching out to them.
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Switch Into Action
This course shows you how to adapt toys to be used with children and adults with additional needs.
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Toy & Play Workshops
This half-day course is designed for people who are looking to work with children in an educational setting. Examining the positive benefits of play and to look at various categories of toys that are available and how they support learning.
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