Lumpy Hill trip to Crumbles Castle 25th and 26th August
On the 25th and 26th of August, Lumpy Hill will take a trip to Crumbles Castle. The departure will be at 10.30 am and be returning at 4.30 pm.
Lumpy Hill...
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News & Blog
We are always busy here at IPA with amazing projects, events and sessions taking place all over the borough. To keep informed about our work look no further. Our aim is to continually create exciting places for children to play and to increase their accessibility to those opportunities. Everything we do is designed with the playing child at the heart and we are super proud of our staff, volunteers and partners who make it all happen.
The playgrounds will close at 3pm tomorrow (12/08)
Our playgrounds will close at 3pm tomorrow (Friday 12th August) due to amber warnings of extreme heat. Temperatures will be reaching 32c in London in the late afternoon. We have...
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Free Summer Holiday Fun on our Adventure Playgrounds
Summer is here and we are welcoming children onto our playgrounds for the five week summer holidays. Our Adventure Playgrounds are free.
Children aged 6 years and upwards can join new...
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HAF – Free lunches during summer holidays for children at IPA adventure Playgrounds
All children at Islington Adventure Playgrounds are welcome to make and eat free lunches every day of the...
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Professor Helen Dodd, University of Exeter, speech at the Four Nations Play policy conversation.
On the 15th of March the Four Nations Play policy conversation was held. The key note speaker was Professor Helen Dodd from Exeter University.
In the second half of this video,...
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Outdoor Challenge: Special Report – A taste for adventure
Here is an article by Nicole Weinstein featuring our CEO, Anita Grant and talks about children’s outdoor play.
Original source: Outdoor Challenge: Special Report – A taste for adventure | Nursery...
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Easter Holidays
In the Easter holidays children will be cooking on bonfires, preparing healthy food, making pictures, dancing, following treasure hunts and (best of all) playing outside in all kinds of weather....
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Timbuktu is Back!
Timbuktu is once again, open 5 days a week. We are back to our regular holiday opening times from the 4th of April, and will return to regular term time...
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Adventure Playgrounds – What are they like?
Adventure Playgrounds are amazing creative places where children can play freely. Children are amazing creative people who need to play. IPA believes that it is essential for children to have...
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Volunteering at IPA in 1973
Being a volunteer for Islington Play Association
It was 1973 and I’d just finished school, for good. I was due to go to university in the autumn, and really wanted to...
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Closure due to Storm Eunice – 18/2/22
We are sorry that we have to close our adventure playgrounds on Friday 18/2/22 due to the potential danger of Storm Eunice. There are a number of large trees at...
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