Dec 16, 2019 | Cardboard, Children, Guest Writer, loose parts, Play, playworker, Playworker Development Course, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, trust, Turkey
Ozlem is from Turkey and has enthusiastically been writing to us for a few months now. Joining us on the Playworker Development Course as soon as humanly possible, Ozlem has been working hard in play ever since. Here is the journey so far. You can also read the post...
Oct 19, 2019 | Adventures, Charity, Children, Morgan, Play, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Roadtrip, Tour
Pop-Up Adventure Play is pleased to announce the Pop-Ups Tour 2019: Morgan Edition. Morgan Leichter-Saxby will be touring across Illinois, Indiana and Missouri during her tour this Fall, and will be setting off on 23rd October. The trip starts in Chicago, then onwards...
Oct 2, 2019 | Children, Community, Just Play MCR, Photos, Play, Playwork, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Pop-Up Play Shop, Radcliffe, Zan
By Pop-Ups Zan Sitting at a tiny desk in the middle of a swelteringly hot day in Hong Kong, I stared at an email that had just popped through. I am working in Asia, and my brain is discombobulated from many layers of bilingual conversation. So upon reading this email,...
Jul 18, 2019 | Children, Guest Writer, Parenting, Play, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, Reflection
Our Playworker Development Course brings people together from all over the world to talk about playwork. Divya is from India. She joined the course in March 2019, with the intention of channelising her passion for play. We’ve invited her to reflect on her PDC...
May 20, 2019 | Cardboard, Children, Music, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Radcliffe, Reflections, Zan
By Zan Quite without me realising, pop-up adventure playgrounds have become quite popular in my community. I am obviously delighted, but boy has it been busy! Here are some little reflections of some of those events this month: ***** 1. Radcliffe Market 3rd May The 4...
Apr 24, 2019 | Charity, Children, Community, Just Play MCR, Manchester, photo, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Radcliffe, Volunteers, Zan
By Zan It’s been a while since I have written about my community pop-ups. The 19 Pop-Ups that we managed to host in 2018 were a real hit, so there has been a lot of anticipation for what 2019 will bring! So as not to inundate non-Manchester folk with local play...
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 17, 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 growing...
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
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 while...
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...
Nov 10, 2018 | adventure playground, Ali Wood, campference, Children, children's rights, interview, photo, Play, Playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play
By Morgan Ali 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...
Sep 1, 2018 | box, Children, loose parts, Play, Playwork, playworker, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflections, stories
By Zan “…what I find particularly attractive about storytelling is that no one has to teach us how to tell a story. It is a way we make sense of our experiences. It is inclusive and open to all playworkers irrespective of their setting, previous...
May 9, 2018 | box, Children, Community, family, fire, loose parts, PDC, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, risk assessment, Zan
This is part of a multi-part blog series about the pop-up adventure playgrounds we create in our own communities throughout the year. This is an example of how our pop-up adventure playgrounds work with us using our namesake model and our own resources to work within...
