Hello everyone, we thought we would just let you all know how the weekend went.

Although we didn’t get to do our workshops in the preschool tent we had an amazing time and engaged with nearly 70 families about play therapy and children’s mental health and emotional well-being.

We had sand trays out – which meant we were very popular and continuously busy. We had bubble games and although we didn’t get to do many parent child interaction games as planned, we had a sock puppet copy cat activity and spent lots of time talking to families.

We were amazed at how open parents were and how much we got to discuss our new network, play-based therapies, supporting children and the concerns about mental health services. We had some tears and some really heartfelt discussions, some harrowing stories and got to meet some very brave children. We talked to teachers, mental health workers, SENCos and headteachers too.

​We were utterly exhausted by the end of it all, but feel it was a real success. We’re really hoping to go back again next year!