Supporting children and young people across Bristol to thrive.
Find different opportunities that you can access or find signposting to some support if you’re struggling with something.
Are you interested in using your voice to make positive change? Hear more about how you can get involved in different groups where your voice can help make a difference to Bristol!
For children and young people
For families
Find signposting to different areas of support. Browse through our blogs to give you some different ideas of making activities with your family more playful.
Are you interested in your child engaging with Play or Youth work activity? Use Bristol City Council’s search tool to find local sessions happening in your community.
For professionals
Find out about upcoming training opportunities, use our resource library to strengthen your knowledge about policy, practice and theory.
Are you interested in working with Children and Young People within a paid or voluntary position? Check out our signposting to current opportunities!
Are you interested in play & playwork?
This film explores what it means to be a playworker and how you could develop a career in this ambitious and worthwhile sector.
If you want to work with children, playwork is the approach adults take when enabling them to play. Playworkers support and enrich the environment to provide a variety of play opportunities and are there to observe, develop opportunities and intervene if children need support.
Play has many physical and emotional benefits and is vital for children’s all-round wellbeing and development. It’s what happens when children take control and choose what they want to do. You could be part of it!
“Bristol City Youth Council are proud to partner with the Children and Young People’s Network to give Children and Young People from all different backgrounds equal opportunity and support. At Bristol City Youth Council we believe that you deserve to have your voice heard and we want to make that happen.”
Bristol Play and Youth Alliance
The children and young people’s network is hosted by Bristol Play and Youth Alliance.
Bristol Play and Youth Alliance (BPYA) is an established strategic partnership of voluntary sector organisations and is a beacon of collaboration and innovation in Bristol.
Our vision is to ensure that all children and young people in Bristol have access to high-quality play and youth services, and Bristol is recognised as a leading city for play and youth work.
Our alliance has over 40 member organisations dedicated to creating opportunities for children and young people to thrive.
