IPA Art Gallery
At adventure playgrounds the children choose the content of their play. They decide what to do with their time, their space and their bodies.
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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.
Fabulous Murals at Toffee Park: Thank you to everyone who supports us!
Children at Toffee Park Playground have worked and played alongside artists from Mine Sweeper Collective to make two wonderful murals at their playground.
The pictures above do more than words to...
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Adventure Playgrounds closed for two days for staff training: 23rd and 30th of November
All of our adventure playground will be closed after school on the 23rd and 30th of November. Both days are Tuesdays. Our whole staff team are completing Trauma Informed Practice...
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Islington4Women’s Walk, AGM and Green 50th Celebration of IPA
Please join us for our final Islington4Women’s walk, green 50th birthday, and AGM.
We can’t wait to see you there!
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October Half Term – Free Autumn Play at Adventure Playgrounds
This October half term Islington Play Association is running free play services at four adventure Playgrounds. We will have bonfires, mask making, football, dancing and most importantly free play. Outdoor...
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Bronze Award for our Freeling Street Transformation
Our Freeling Street Transformation has just won Bronze in Islington in Bloom’s competition for the best edible garden!
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Disadvantaged children lose out – Government make £20 per week reduction in Family Universal Credit
On the 6th of October 2021 the government plans to cut Family Tax Credit back to its pre-pandemic level. This means a £20 loss per week for the UKs most disadvantaged...
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Islington Play and London Play join up for Go cart parades
London Play spent two days with children on IPA adventure Playgrounds this summer. The children created processions which they took to Caledonian Road and Whitecross Street. Crumbles Castle children were...
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Lunch Bunch and HAF – Free lunches during school holidays for all children
All children at Islington Adventure Playgrounds were able to receive free lunches every day of the summer holidays in 2021. Children can’t flourish when they are hungry which is why...
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Take a look at the new ramp at Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground
We have a new skateboard ramp at Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground. Children have helped to build and decorate this fabulous structure which is used for skating, biking and a myriad...
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Summer Holidays at the Adventure Playgrounds
Hundreds of children played on our adventure playgrounds every day of the summer holidays in 2021!
This summer IPA supported children in their play eight hours a day, 5 days a...
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CardboardCity @ playday 2021
https://islingtonplay.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/a-walk-through-cardboard-city.mp4
Watch the film of children and families building their cardboard city on Play Day 2021.
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