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The Conwy Early Years Forum is a multi disciplinary group of organisations working in partnership to promote quality care, education and development for early years children in the county of Conwy.
The forum is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
(Charity number 1067459 Company number 3431738).
We are funded by Conwy County Borough Council Education Services, the big lottery and small grants from different places.
The Forum operates two mobile toy libraries. The first one, Early Years Settings Toy Library, visits over 100 early years childcare settings in the county offering quality educational toys. We work closely with the education services department teaching staff who are advisors to the voluntary early years sector. This ensures we have appropriate toys to link in with themes etc, which are current with the childcare practitioners needs and the criteria they adhere to for care standards, funding initiatives, teaching practices, the foundation phase and so on.
We have established routes for visits throughout the county so if you are a current member and would like to look at our range of toys and place an order, please do so. You can email the order to us direct from this website.
If you would like to become a member of our toy library please contact us.
The second Toy Library is the Community Toy Library which runs "stay and play" sessions for the under 5's in rural areas of the Conwy, which offers quality toys for parents to take home on loan, parenting skills information and courses, also sessions on active play which encourages physical activity in young children, this is part of our commitment to healthy lifestyles for parents and children in Conwy. By focussing our work through play we are encouraging involvement from as many children and parents as possible. We are based in Llanrwst, having an office in Ysgol Bro Gwydir. Check our session timetable to see when we will be in your area next, looking forward to seeing you!
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We held a Tatty Bumpkin session on 23rd January, which was well attended! The morning session was in Betws yn Rhos, and the afternoon session was in Glasdir, Llanrwst. Children, babies and parents all seemed to have a good time!
Tatty Bumpkin classes are inspired by yoga, but are very much a creative and developmental experience. A typical session centres around Tatty Bumpkin, a quirky character, who takes the children on musical story adventures. Within the stories the children take part in lots of physical activity, relaxation, yoga poses, exploring texture and the senses, as well as the unique Tatty Bumpkin songs.
Our members of staff at the Toy Library are Carol who runs the Early Years Settings Toy Library, Sue who has returned from maternity leave and is the Community Development Officer for the Community Toy Library. Sarah is the Toy Librarian for the Community Toy Library, driving the big yellow van visiting settings in the Conwy area, overseeing the sessions, and generally welcoming members old and new.
If you require any toys, please email
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and we will get back to you as soon as possible, or find Sarah at one of our sessions.
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