Playwork has moved a step closer to having its own official body to oversee workforce development and training. The move follows a bid from SPRITO, the former National Training Organisation (NTO) for sports, recreation and the allied occupations, including playwork, to become the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for active leisure and learning. A SPRITO spokesman said he anticipated that the result of the bid would be known in around three months time, following consultations with the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and partner organisations.