Thanks for
being curious.
Playful Anywhere has its feet in the field, working with communities, high streets, neighbourhoods and city centres to support the conditions for local play, creativity and civic life. That's the serious, sustained, long-term work.
But we kept hearing something else. People wanted to grow their own confidence in catalysing joy in civic spaces, globally, locally, wherever they were. They wanted to experiment, to reflect, to do it in a community of practice. To egg each other on a bit.
The Civic Joy Experiments are our response to that. A light touch, deliberately small, deliberately open. One hour a week. Your patch. See what happens.
If you want to know more about the wider practice, it's all at playfulanywhere.fun
The experience of being a Coral Fellow has been wonderful and our gathering on 2nd June has left me buzzing. It's genuinely affirming to be in your company and learn a small snippet of what you are currently exploring in your work and places.
If you are curious about the Civic Joy Collective, it came about as a question on the internet about six weeks ago, asking if people would like to spare an hour a week.
www.playfulanywhere.fun/civic-joy
We had 47 people from around the world sign up. They'll be receiving a pack just like yours, an invite to a WhatsApp group, pen friend Play Pals, and a meetup in a month.
Nobody knows each other. Yet.
This page is just for Coral Fellows. Nobody else can see it.
Here are some of the reasons they said they wanted to take part.
If you fancy joining in, no pressure. Here is how.
Join the Civic Joy Collective
Join the group
It's entirely up to you. We are not the play police.
Whatever you fancy. Feel free to pass the pack on to other friends, or use the ingredients completely differently to what we've set out.
We're keen to learn and adapt and see how we spore.