Do you feel you could spare just 1 hour a week to experiment in making your patch of the planet a little bit more playful and connecting?
Would you like to join likeminds in a similar bit by bit (poco a poco) approach to trying stuff out, seeing what emerges and sharing your reflections online once a month?
Would you be up for it?
Let us know, we’re concocting a plan
Read MoreWhen you zoom in on a giant bubble it’s the most incredible thing. So cheap to make, so fleeting, but what an unbelievable moment, as it undulates. You hold your breath whilst trying to grab your phone quick enough to capture it before it pings into something and evaporates. Likewise the act of trying to blow it, or attune to the breeze in order to give it a chance of lifting into the sky is an act of concentration and intentionality. Spent 30 minutes this morning in bubble bliss on the front porch. Better than doom scrolling. Can’t do much about the patriarchy.
Read MoreWonderful ACTionism platform, philosophy, network asked Emma of Playful to share abit about playfulness as a trojan to community connection. She pulled some pics together and hoped for the best.
Read MoreLeeds City Council has set itself the ambition to be a Child Friendly City to improve outcomes for children, young people and families across Leeds. Its ‘Leeds Children and Young People’s Plan 2023–2028’ recognises the importance of play, making it one of their priorities. As part of this, Leeds City Council’s Areas of Research Interest for 2024–25 asked “How can we develop inclusive green and play spaces?”.
We have been working with the University of Leeds this year to understand from children how they play in the city centre.
Read MoreAt Playful Anywhere, we believe that free, unstructured play and creativity should be at the heart of the city & neighbourhoods
As part of a growing peer neighbourhood network in Leeds, we've been developing shareable resources to spark joy and connection, including:
Read MoreWe’re delighted to be in residence at Kirkstall Forge with our Pink Plaza Playboxes thanks to a new partnership with CEG Group
Read MoreA collaboration with Playful Anywhere and the people of Cambridge
A multi-media, multi-sited artwork that includes loose part play, drawing, storytelling, model making, digital mapping, sound, photography, film and signage
LS14 Trust are chuffed to be advertising this exciting and creative post of Playbox Creative Engagement Lead. They are looking for a person who is passionate about community change and committed to fun and imaginative play to join their LS14 Trust team, initially over a 12 month period, as part of our ongoing work in Rein Park in Seacroft and new work in Killingbeck
Read MoreIt's #NationalStorytellingWeek and what better way to celebrate than to launch our mini playboxes commissioned by Leeds Libraries…
Read MoreWe have been gifted 2 boxes of much loved family Lego from long term friend of Playful Anywhere, Jamie Saunders and we would like to offer a box each to a community space who are opening during winter as a ‘warm space’
Read MoreWe were delighted to be a part of Leeds Light Night this year featuring our Marvelous Marble Run in Leeds Children's Library. The Libraries team did a great job of setting up, hiding marble run parts in amongst the bookshelves and propping up the parts on towers of books!
We’re having a yard sale this Wednesday 9th Novemeber, Thursday 10th November and Friday 11th November in Leeds!
We have been wombling for the last 2 months in our new location, and have salvaged a number of preloved items. We are also in the process of reducing Playful’s stock items. It all must go.
Read MoreJoin us at a free and fun family Roman Camp 25th & 26th June in York Museum Gardens during the famous Eboracum Festival
11sm-3pm
Inspired by the Ryedale Roman hoard and the famous Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius we're setting up Camp in York Museum Gardens in front of the museum on the lawn where you can join both days in a feast of fun
Read MoreCAMBRIDGE City Council and Cambridge Junction have commissioned Playful Anywhere and Artist Pippa Hale to develop a new, playful, public artwork for people of all ages, set to begin soon in Cambridge.
Read MoreAre you looking to create a wonderfully therapeutic space for all ages in your town or city? Get in touch with us
Read MoreTwo months on from the inaugural Love to Play 2021 and we are still motoring. Lot’s of wonderful sparks, relationships and ideas, leading to two regular features; Radio Funtime and Play & Health with Laura Walsh (Great Ormond Street Hospital) and Lisa Beaumont (Leeds Childrens Hospital)
Read MoreOur Chief Exec of Play, Galaxy Division at Playful Anywhere, Emma Bearman, has recently attended the inaugural 4 week international Low Carbon Design Institute Residency. As part of the programme the cohort were asked to consider their practice and respond to the talks and resources by experts across the field of Low Carbon futures.
Read MoreWe’re delighted to see our partners LS14 Trust go from strength to strength with their Playbox003 in Rein Park. They are now recruiting for a second role of Playbox Development worker to work alongside the Community Development Manager.
The details of the post and application process can be downloaded here. Closing date 24th March
Read MoreWe met this cute monster called Pippa Hale on day 1 of Briggate…
Read MoreCome find us on Briggate where we'll be sharing trails around town from the Yellow Box of Joy Playbox002
Family Friendly Fun
#SummerOfPlay #EscapedFromBriggate
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