PROJECT: Play on Estates
FUNDER: Tower Hamlets council
DATES: August 2022 – September 2024
London Play worked with residents in the borough of Tower Hamlets to occupy and animate spaces on housing estates by supporting regular sessions for children and adults to come together to have fun, play or just chat!
London Play worked with Tower Hamlets council to jump-start play estates in the borough. Many estates have underused spaces that with a bit of inspiration, occupation and coordination have huge potential to become seen as vibrant welcoming places where the community enjoys coming together. Play on Estates is just the beginning.
In spring the London Play team joined in with British Street Estate’s fantastic Coronation Day celebrations to chat to residents about getting started playing out on their estate. With help from the staff at the Bernie Cameron Centre, we are really pleased to see residents getting ready to run their first play estate session on 25 July. To kick start the fun we have given them our ‘fun starter play pack’ – including a volleyball net, giant beach balls, water squirters and more.
Tarling West and Collingwood Estates joined the fun in 2024 and between them ran 27 play sessions, providing hours of play for more than 440 children and 160 adults. The kick start has given residents the confidence and inspiration to continue sessions independently, reviving a culture of outdoor play.
