Apr 2, 2019 | Adventure Play at The Parish School, adventure playground, campference, Houston, photo, playwork, playworker
In the months leading up to Campference, we often found ourselves in deep email correspondence with folks who want desperately to attend but aren’t sure how. We want to help however we can, whether that’s talking through dietary restrictions or childcare,...
Mar 26, 2019 | adventure playground, build, campference, children, community, guest writer, photos, playwork, Playworker Travelling Fund, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pre-Campference, structure, UK, US
Simon Rix has been in playwork since he was seventeen, taking roles at all levels in adventure playgrounds and advocacy for children’s right to play. We knew it was essential that his passion, experience and political context be represented in this young and...
Mar 7, 2019 | adventure play, Adventure Play at The Parish School, Ali Wood, campference, children, children's rights, Houston, Jill Wood, keynotes, play, play advocates, playwork, thank you
By Zan It’s been 2 weeks since the Playwork Campference 2019 ended and I am surrounded by snotty tissues. No, I am not emotional that it is all over, this is just my compulsory post-project cold. I’ve got to say, this is the worst one I’ve had for a...
Mar 1, 2019 | campference, children, guest writer, Houston, play, playwork, playwork practice, playwork principles, Playworker Travelling Fund, playworkers, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Portugal, stories
We have invited our one of the first recipients of the Playworker Travelling Fund, Ana Rita to write about the journey that she took with Pop-Up Adventure Play to the Playwork Campference 2019. We haven’t quite written about it yet (our reflection time is taking...
Jan 30, 2019 | campference, play, play conference, playwork, playwork conference, playworkers, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Professor Fraser Brown, Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play, workshop
****** Dear Campference 2019 attendees, Why do we attend conferences? To paraphrase the 20th Century poet, T.S. Eliot: ‘information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom’. In other words, it is possible to have lots of information in your memory about a...
Jan 7, 2019 | Adventure Play at The Parish School, campference, Houston, interview, Jill Wood, playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play
By ZanIn preparation for the first Playwork Campference in 2017, we interviewed US-based playworker and Director of Adventure Play at The Parish School, Jill Wood who we had invited to the event as a special guest. She was such a hit at the Campference that...
Jan 1, 2019 | 2019, Adventure Play at The Parish School, adventures, Asia, campference, Just Play MCR, Manchester, Morgan, PhD, photo, play conference, USA, Zan
By ZanThe coming year promises to be filled with adventure.Right off the bat, we are excited to be just over a month away from the second ever Playwork Campference, a gathering of over 70 play advocates from 6 different countries in one of our favourite adventure...
Dec 27, 2018 | campference, community, Morgan, photo, play, Playful Schools Online, Playworker Development Course, Playworker Travelling Fund, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, support
By MorganAs I write this, it’s the little gap of time between Christmas and New Year, when the world seems cold and quiet. My notes say to talk about how Suzanna and I spent this year apart – no tours, no shared events, but instead focusing on home and local...
Nov 10, 2018 | adventure playground, Ali Wood, campference, children, children's rights, interview, photo, play, playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play
By MorganAli Wood is a subtle but powerful force within the UK playwork scene, on par with magnets or the tides. In a field worryingly packed with macho posturing, she reminds everyone again and again to reflect, to listen with compassion, to think radically about...
Oct 15, 2018 | adventure playground, Ali Wood, campference, Houston, Jill Wood, photo, playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHOUSTON, TX: On a three acre site in West Houston, children ages 6 to 13, many with learning differences and communication delays, have constructed a three-acre homemade playground of their dreams. This past year marked a decade of growth and...
Sep 15, 2018 | adventure playground, Call for Presentations, campference, community, playwork, Playworker Development Course, presentations, stories
As part of Playwork Campference 2019, we would like to invite folks to tell us about their own projects, their communities, and their playwork perspective, so we put out a Call for Presentations. Since then have heard some whispers that we’d like to gently...
Sep 4, 2018 | adventure play, campference, community, personal development, play, playwork, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Pre-Campference
By MorganSince 2010, we’ve had the pleasure of being a part of the US Playwork and Adventure Play scene and helping it to grow. New projects have opened coast-to-coast in North America, and around the world, led by passionate and dedicated people we are proud to...
