About MKPA
Milton Keynes Play Association is one of the longest running charitable organisations in Milton Keynes, with nearly 50 years’ experience of supporting child-centred play.
- Being child-centred – valuing the quality of life that children can create for themselves.
- Providing advocacy – advocating for self-directed play and learning.
- Innovative – being prepared to embrace new play practice and promote leading edge ideas.
- Enabling change – effecting change to other people’s practice through our own.
We work with partners who share our values and are committed to providing high-quality play opportunities to children and families across Milton Keynes and surrounding areas.
We continue delivering our core aims:
Making Play Happen - we want all children in Milton Keynes and the surrounding area to have the opportunity to direct their own play in an open and accessible environment. Making Play Matter - we want to ensure that the statutory, private,voluntary and community sector understand the value of child-centre,free play, and that the organisations that work with the children are trained and resourced to provide high quality play opportunities.Our Team
Our small but dedicated team deliver expert play and resource services, offering our expertise to members and the local community. We are a growing and sustainable organisation.
Acting Chief Executive Officer – Jo Ashdown
Play Services Manager – Nicole Haviland
Training Manager – Tina Campbell-Drew
Interim Finance Manager – Clive Keech
Finance Coordinator – Sarah Keen
Scrapstore and Resource Coordinator – Ben Childs
Resource Assistant – Dave Boundy
Our Trustees
Our trustees between them share ultimate responsibility for governing MKPA and directing the way it is managed and run.
Jono Poon
Sheryl Mayes
David Carty
Marie Jay
Volunteer
There are a number of people who volunteer at MKPA. They make a real difference to us by providing their time and skills. They each have their own reasons for working with us, including feeling useful, working in a team, gaining new skills and supporting the work we do.
Interested in getting involved? We have many opportunities for new volunteers to use and gain skills, whether this is in admin, finance, warehouse or retail in our Scrapstore. You can find out more about volunteering here.