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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

For 25 years until 2015, RBKC play service provided school based play centres, breakfast clubs, holiday playcentres and support for community adventure playgrounds. The service was outsourced to Epic CIC however in April 2020 as the pandemic hit, Epic ceased to trade. The council is 'in talks' with other providers but many services have been paused in the meantime.

Flashpoint Adventure Playground

Run by The Venture Community Association (who also manage Notting Hill APG, one of the oldest Adventure Playgrounds in the country), Flashpoint shares the community centred ethos of the other playgrounds in the Venture stable: "Our playgrounds are a pillar of support to our community as they provide children a safe space to play, eat and enjoy."

Hampstead Heath Adventure Playground and Clubhouse

Situated on Hampstead Heath with some of the best views over London, The Adventure Playground and Clubhouse is a fun and welcoming space. Children can access free play sessions and take part in activities of their choice. The sessions are supervised by skilled playworkers, and provide opportunities to socialise, develop confidence, and keep healthy.

Glyn Hopkin Abbey Hub

The Glyn Hopkin Abbey Hub, the second neighbourhood play and youth club from AAA, opened its doors in 2018. Providing inclusive play space and community resource for children, young people and their families living in Stratford, the centre now runs a varied activity programme throughout the year.

Terence Brown Arc in the Park

Run by the community organisation AAA, Arc in the Park offers Adventure Play, sports and youth hub running projects all year round. The Arc provides a Newham-wide delivery and resource base for young people with disabilities and/or additional needs and the playground is fully inclusive.

Home Park Adventure Playground

Home Park was originally built by youth workers with funding from the Big Lottery. The current structure was rebuilt and opened by the Mayor of Lewisham after it was destroyed by fire in the 2011 riots and is regularly named in the Annual Parks survey as best in the area.

Glamis Adventure Playground

That the playground belongs to the kids is at the heart of Glamis. The children participate in building play structures, dens, swings and tree houses, any changes to the site are discussed with children and access to tools, timber, paint, nails is encouraged.

Cape Adventure Playground

Cape, the playground previously known variously as Wooden Bridge, The Bowlers and CROP dates from the early 70’s. Another fab member of the Awesome CIC family, there’s a labyrinth of rope bridges and treehouses to explore. It gives us Neverland vibes.

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Past work, Play streets

Formula Fun (2021)

Summer 2021: During 19 pop-up events staged in central London, hundreds of children, some of whom had never before even held a screwdriver, turned piles of wood and wheels into exquisitely engineered and lavishly decorated go karts.

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Jelly Sports

As the name suggests, Jelly Sports occupies the wobbly and exciting – yet largely unexplored – space between play and sport. This two year project will transform the space on people’s doorsteps, on their streets or estates, into hyper-local opportunities to have fun and get active for the whole family.

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Playful High Streets

London Play’s Play Street Showcase events bring to life the potential for traffic-dominated streets to become playful, interactive community spaces. Available for commission at very reasonable rates.

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Play on Estates

London Play is working 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!

Past work

Play in the Park (2019-2022)

New playgrounds being built in The Regents and Greenwich Parks created an opportunity for encouraging communities living nearby to make greater use of their local green spaces; whose reputation as destination parks can make them feel exclusive.

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Communities United for Play

This two year project sees London Play working alongside local play campaigners, supporting them to successfully challenge threats to local play spaces or services; and influence decisions relating to play.

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Play streets

Would you like your street to come alive with play? The good news is that in many parts of London, starting a play street is fairly easy.

Past work

Formula Fun (2021)

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Emergency Play Parcels (2020)

2020: Our Emergency Play Parcels included a unique deck of 52 playing cards produced by the team at London Play, each describing a game or activity to be played at home or even over the phone with relatives or friends. Small and simple props to support the games were included in the boxes, distributed across

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Neighbourhood Play Havens (2020)

Summer 2020: Following the first lockdown, adventure playgrounds were forced to open only to limited numbers of children. Open access adventure play became a thing of the past. Neighbourhood Play Havens supported adventure playgrounds to open to vulnerable and other excluded children and families.

Current work

Play 52

Get yourself a pocketful of play - now available in five great themes. All profits go towards making London childhoods better.

Play streets

Play Street Carousel (2021)

2021: The Play Street Carousel was a unique project that harnesses the power of play to strengthen bonds between neighbours, even as the pandemic kept us all apart.

Schools

Evacuee Play Trove (2013)

2013: In 1939 London’s culture of street play was abruptly interrupted by the prospect of Nazi bombing raids, when around 400,000 children were evacuated to new lives in rural Britain.

Nature

Access to Nature (2011-13)

2011-13: We put in gnarly logs, a dragon here and there, climbable trees, boulders and other natural play features to tempt children and families into the natural environment and (re)discover the joy of being outdoors.

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Taking Nature to the Streets (2011-13)

2011-2013: In Deptford, children were begging their parents to go to school – on a Saturday! But who could blame them, when the school in question was abandoned and featured a hidden, wild nature garden?

Heritage

DORA Explorers (2016)

2016: Today it is cars and digital devices getting in the way of children's play. But in 1914 it was DORA. Who is DORA? Read on...

Current work

Car Free Day

World Car Free Day on 22 September is the perfect opportunity to swap your car for a spacehopper and try out a play street on your road.

Nature

Camp Build (2018-2021)

Camp Build is a three-year project funded by the Mayor of London’s Young London Inspired Fund. 2021 will see the grand finale over 10 days in August.

Adventure play

Play Works (2015-20)

OK, so WE KNOW that adventure playgrounds are worth their weight in gold. Our Play Works project (2015-20) supported play workers to make sure they had the evidence to convince potential funders of the same.

Past work

Playtime Pilot (2016)

2016: Time in the playground is as important as time in the classroom. Kids who are given the chance to run, jump and play freely during the school day concentrate better and achieve more.

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Play Streets Past and Present (2014)

2014: Play Streets Past and Present got modern youngsters looking at the strips of concrete and tarmac outside their homes with new eyes. Thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, London Play spent most of 2014 working with an oral historian and the Museum of London on this fascinating investigation into play on

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Play Quarter pilot (2017)

2017: This six month pilot project aimed to transform Enfield's Palmers Green neighbourhood into a place where children's independence is valued and encouraged.

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