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We want you to come and play! We provide adventure playgrounds, play projects, private hire and much more…
What we do
We run services for children and families in Islington. Find out what we’re up to at the moment.
About Islington Play Association
Islington Play Association has been fighting for children’s rights for well over 40 years. We work closely with parents, carers and community members to ensure that the best possible environment is created for children and young people.
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Latest
Play Street 2019
In summer 2019 IPA, ZCD Architects, The Museum of London and PATH worked together with children and families to produce London’s Biggest Play Street. This project is a finalist for...
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Playday 2019
Playday 2019 is a matter of weeks away! This year it will be hosted at Paradise Park on Wednesday 7th August from 12-4pm.
Islington families, are you ready?! Spread the...
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Job Opportunity: Trustees
Islington Play Association is a vibrant, proactive children’s charity. Our aim is simple: We want an Islington where all children can play outside.
IPA believes that play is what children...
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Paradise Park Children's Centre
Our beautiful centre hosts a nursery with excellent outside play facilities and a myriad of family support and health services.
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Our Spaces to Play
Crumbles Castle Adventure Playground
Crumbles Castle overlooks Bingfield Park nestled between Kings Cross and Caledonian Road. As you enter the Castle grounds you will find yourself transported out of the city and into a...
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Hayward Adventure Playground
Hayward Adventure Playground has been specially designed for children with additional needs, accessibility has been considered for every part of the massive site, so that children of all abilities can...
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Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground
Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground is a warm, welcoming space where children can run free, have water fights, help out in the vegetable garden and join in the kick about. The...
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Martin Luther King Adventure Playground (Temporarily Closed)
*** Martin Luther King Adventure Playground is currently closed for improvements . During the closure period, the old building on-site will be demolished and a temporary building put in...
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Timbuktu Adventure Playground
Timbuktu is a safe haven – the garden that everyone wants to play in. Come make new friends, paint your portrait, climb on the rope bridge, hide in the treehouse,...
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Toffee Park Adventure Playground
Toffee Park is in the heart of the city, close to the Old Street roundabout and surrounded by buildings but the playground itself is a haven for nature, including plants,...
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1,517 children attended IPA’s 6 playgrounds a total of 54,494 times in 2016-17 Source: Annual Report 2016
Why Play matters
Play is what happens when children are given the space to be themselves and explore their world, learning about what works and what doesn’t, in pursuit of their own intrinsic aims.
