Ali Wood is a freelance playwork consultant and has designed, delivered and written training materials for Play Wales, SkillsActive, the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education (CACHE) and Playwork Partnerships. She is currently a director of The Play Resource Company working in schools, is a trustee of Meriden Adventure Playground and for the Playwork Foundation. She has carried out academic research projects in children's emotional development and in sexual play. Jacky Kilvington and Ali Wood are co-authors of Reflective Playwork (Bloomsbury, 2009) and Gender, Sex and Children's Play (Bloomsbury, 2016).
