Founded by Jill Vialet, Playworks is a non-profit organisation that supports learning by providing safe and healthy play to schools during breaks and throughout the school day. Playworks creates safe and inclusive environments for play and physical activity both within and beyond the school day to build empathy, increase learning, and improve behaviour. Playworks trains teachers and after-school counsellors to re-imagine break and recreation time to increase physical activity among students while teaching a number of valuable life lessons such as cooperation, conflict resolution and teamwork. The Playworks vision is for every child in America will have access to safe, healthy play every day and Jill Vialet is making plans to bring this vision to Ireland.
