PROJECT: London Adventurers Play Exchange
FUNDER: Awards for All/National Lottery Community Fund
DATES: March – November 2025
London Adventurers Play Exchange will bring together children and playworkers from eight adventure playgrounds (APs) in London, to facilitate reciprocal visits; building new connections within and between communities, exchanging games and ideas and sharing food.
A part time project worker will work with adventure playground workers and children to facilitate eight exchange visits with other playgrounds in different parts of the capital during school holiday periods.
Children will be supported to give a guided tour to visiting groups, share games and special features of their space and a meal at their playground. Playworkers will also have the opportunity to see how their peers work in a different setting, exchange ideas and innovative.
These games, insights and features will be collated into a booklet for dissemination to all London’s 72 adventure playgrounds and beyond.
Young playground ambassadors will interview one another on film, offering a chance to address decision makers with views on their playground and life in their communities. This will be brought together in a film which will premiere at the 2025 London Adventure Play Awards and thereafter be shared via social media channels.
Through participating in this project, children at eight London adventure playgrounds will have the opportunity to be ambassadors for their playgrounds and meet children in other similar settings but in different locations.
The eight participating playgrounds will be featured in the guide booklet and the film which aims to promote the unique value of adventure playgrounds in London and beyond.
We have a small budget to cover paid playworker hours during exchange visits, catering and travel to ensure that playgrounds are not left out of pocket by participating in this project. If you are interested in this opportunity please email info@londonplay.org.uk by Friday 02 May 2025 so that we can set up exchange visits during the May half term and summer holidays.
