{"id":3113,"date":"2021-02-15T18:35:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-commonthreads-org-uk.stackstaging.com\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2023-06-19T07:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T06:11:05","slug":"first-ever-pars-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commonthreads.org.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/15\/first-ever-pars-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"First ever PARS conference!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3113\" class=\"elementor elementor-3113\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d82f2ca elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d82f2ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d096c82\" data-id=\"6d096c82\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d99cc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d99cc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/commonthreads.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1-p2d1vqp3mrdi7xuki8dfj03x0v7mmict7pxt7lcae6.jpg\" title=\"1\" alt=\"PARS Playwork Conference Programme\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd069c7\" data-id=\"fd069c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6944f75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6944f75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>On 19th October 2020 we held our first ever PARS playwork conference -12 hours and online, it may have been the world\u2019s first \u2018open access\u2019 playwork conference! This exciting new playwork conference showcased PARS practice in Hong Kong, Australia, mainland China, Belgium, UK and The Netherlands.\u00a0 It also featured leading international academics talking about PARS methods and theories. Participants from Spain, Hong Kong, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Ethiopia, USA, The Netherlands, UK, Belgium, China, Turkey, Sweden, Singapore and Taiwan met, listened, discussed and networked over the 12 hour period and many have told us what a wonderfully welcoming and friendly event it was! Other comments included\u2026.<em>\u201cAfter today\u2019s conference, I have deeper understanding of what play work is.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI hope there will be more opportunities in the future. Thank you Shelly, Rebekah and all the presenters for a really insightful and inspiring day.\u201d \u201cIts been a great day of sharing, thanks for organising it, I have to leave but am doing so with a big smile from the days information.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the first conference we received several requests to run another one \u2013 so, due to popular demand as they say, the second PARS conference will take place on Saturday, 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November 2021 (International Children\u2019s Day)! 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