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.
Freeling Street Transformation
Check out the gorgeous transformation of Freeling Street. IPA and Cally Festival has been working with local people, artists and gardeners to make Freeling Street into a vibrant, artistic and...
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Summer Holidays at Adventure Playgrounds
Summer is here and we are looking forward to welcoming children onto our playgrounds for the five week summer holidays. Our Adventure Playgrounds are free.
Children aged 6 years and upwards...
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Summer Half Term on Adventure Playgrounds
IPA are welcoming children onto our playgrounds for the summer half term holidays. Our Adventure Playgrounds are free.
Children aged 6 years and upwards can join new friends and play on...
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Freeling Street Artworks
What a joy it has been to see the artworks for Freeling Street appearing in my inbox. St Andrew’s School sent drawings and Copenhagen Youth Project gave us photographs. Children...
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Martin Luther King Adventure Playground: Meet the Architect:
On Thursday the 18th of March 2021, you will have a chance to meet the architects who are planning the new building for Martin Luther King Adventure Playground.
Find out about...
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Easter Holidays on Adventure Playgrounds
IPA are welcoming children onto our playgrounds for the Easter school holidays. Our Adventure Playgrounds are free for all children.
Children aged 6 years and upwards can join new friends and...
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Adventure Playgrounds Update
Now that the schools are open, IPA have begun to open our playgrounds for after school sessions. We cannot offer our usual open access service, but we can allow a...
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Make Art about your Neighbourhood: Caledonian Road
Join an exciting initiative backed by Islington Council to turn Freeling Street into a mini park. Artist Carrie Reichardt will be helping us to create an artwork to celebrate the...
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Help design the building at Martin Luther King Adventure Playground
Children of Islington, we know how talented you are. Help us to design the new building at Martin Luther King Playground. You can use these sheets and then post them...
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Covid Safety: Info for Parents and carers, 2022 Adventure Playgrounds
Children need to play outdoors it is vital for their mental and physical health, their development and their happiness.
We have had to change the way that we do things because...
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Adventure Playgrounds Open
We are happy to say that we have opened the adventure playground spaces for local children to get some free play outside at this difficult time. We know lots of you...
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