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 Morgan As 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...
Dec 24, 2018 | box, Community, donation, fund raising, Just Play MCR, loose parts, Manchester, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, support, video, Volunteers
It has been an amazing year for me at Pop-Up Adventure Play. Not only have I managed to travel to two new countries with this little charity, but I have also started embedding play into my own community. I’ve been in the field for over 10 years now but have...
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 4, 2018 | Adventure Play, campference, Community, personal development, Play, Playwork, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Pre-Campference
By Morgan Since 2010, Pop Up Adventure is part of the US Playwork and Adventure Play scene, also helping it to grow. New projects from coast-to-coast in North America, and around the world, with leaders combining passion and dedication. We are proud to consider...
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 11, 2018 | Adventure Play, adventure playground, campference, Jill Wood, Play, play conference, Playwork, Risk Study
By Zan We are super excited and slightly giddy to be announcing the next Playwork Campference. Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be working with Jill Wood of Adventure Play at The Parish School in Houston, Texas, to host the second Playwork Campference on a...
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...
Apr 26, 2018 | Children, Community, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Reflection, risk, tape, Zan
This is part 4 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, and us using our namesake model and our own resources to work...
Apr 22, 2018 | car, Children, Community, friends, Library, loose parts, Morgan, Play, playranger, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
This is part 3 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, and us using our namesake model and our own resources to work...
Apr 9, 2018 | box, challenging behaviour, Children, Community, loose parts, niece, Play, Playwork, playworker, Playworking Auntie, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Zan
This is part 2 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, and us using our namesake model and our own resources to work...
Apr 9, 2018 | 7 Principles of Pop-Up Adventure Playgrounds, Children, Morgan, Play, Playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
By Morgan A conversation on Facebook recently veered into the weeds, as they sometimes do. We reflected on the back and forth of digital text and decided it was time to bring the conversation out of bubbles and into whole paragraphs. Asking us directly about who...
Mar 24, 2018 | Children, loose parts, Morgan, Play, Playwork, survey
We have a slow but steady trickle of requests coming in from other organisations. They want to use Suzanna’s photographs of children at play, get a quote or opinion. It’s very rarely promoting something specific, and usually about creating shared content...
