The first workshops ever run by The Windows Project were arranged for Merseyside Play Action Council in the summer of 1976, and playscheme workshops continue to play an important role in providing opportunities for children to write within a recreational environment.

The relaxed and flexible atmosphere of playschemes can provide an excellent environment for writing while at the same time building good working relationships with the children.

The workshops begin with a game - a board game or quiz, sometimes a small fairground-style sideshow - which gives the children a starting point for their poem. Read more about our games here.