Huddersfield visitor, worker, dweller? Get involved in this, @EmmaMBearman and her team do a fab job of every playful adventure they turn their hand to and are brilliant listeners, go tell them your playful thoughts
Had a tour of Rotherham parks and green spaces today: 11 urban parks, 25 recreation grounds, 106 play areas, 1,800 play assets & 1,270 allotment plots - that’s a lot of nature, fun & play!
Thank you @createsculpt for your brilliant creative intervention in Leeds city centre - just what my wee one needed after being trapped on a warm train from glasgow on way to hospital check up. You are ⭐️ 🌟
I was awake earlier than usual last Sunday morning, literally painting the streets, for the #PlayOutTilTea event near Rotton Park with James Meta Art 🎨🚸 Great to see the smiling faces of youngsters dancing on the road between the colourful shapes.
#forthekids#StreetArt
Before, during and after on Rotton Park Street, Ladywood. No cars here today, just play. A huge thank you to every single person who joined us from down the road, brought their families and friends, those further afield, @playbox002, @UrbanSplash & so many more to #PlayOutTilTea.
@EmmaMBearman We were very sad to see @playbox002 go, but what an amazing joy to have you with us in Birmingham! We're so inspired by your commitment & deep exploration of play, through #RadicalChildcare & recently #PlayOutTilTea, so it's been incredible to have a piece of @PlayfulLeeds magic.
A play street is a happy street. At the heart of #PlayOutTilTea is a road closure, reclaiming the street as a safe place for children and grown ups to play, ride, jump rope, make things, draw on the floor. Find out more about how to make this happen on your street at @playingout.
Wooo hooooo! We are going to Birmingham with @playbox002 and the Wonderdome on the 21st July. Windmill making and super saturated colourfulness. We will be playing out til tea
When we tried, over a few years to get to the bottom of the impact of plastic toys upon landfill/recycling we’ve struggled to get any adequate sense of the scale/data (for our @playbox002 Toybox project)
Cc @ZeroWasteLeeds@PaulChatterton9 @TheSocBiz
Wooooooooooooo we are so excited to be joining @ImpactHubBrum for this awesome day of play on 21st July - taking @playbox002 windmills and Wonderdome with Len & Bunty to be part of something gorgeous.
I’d love to set a design challenge to create extra dry space for @Playbox01 &
@playbox002 with the criteria that we can make paper windmills outside without all the paper flying away. Would also love to create & harness power from super sized gorgeous windmills
Recently:
Me: "What's '#youthwork'?"
Audience (c. 30 - 40 'youth workers'): prolonged silence
Me: "Come on ... "
Audience member: "Working with young people?"
Me: "Like a GP, or Police Officer ... or Teacher?"
Audience: more silence
Not a criticism, more a Q about training ...