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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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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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Arts Council win: Nils Norman Collaboration
Islington Play Association are excited to have won an Arts Council bid in partnership with Kunstraum London. We can’t wait for Nils Norman to work his sculptural magic with children...
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Artists from Central St. Martins visit Crumbles Castle
It’s arts season at Islington Play Association!
Crumbles Castle are looking forward to collaborating with artists from Central St Martins in May and June.
At Crumbles Castle on Wednesday May...
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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 with children at all abilities in mind, every part of the massive site is created so it is accessible and fun in many...
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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)
*** From January 2018 Martin Luther King Adventure Playground will be closed. 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
**** CLOSURE: TIMBUKTU WILL BE CLOSED FROM TUESDAY 2ND-SATURDAY 6 JULY. THE PLAYGROUND WILL BE REOPENED ON TUESDAY 9TH JULY
Timbuktu is a safe haven – the garden that everyone wants...
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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.
