17th January 2012: Islington Play's Children Centre recognised by Ofsted for its outstanding work IPA's Children's Centre in Paradise Park has been rated as Good overall by Ofsted, with two features being recognised as of outstanding quality - its care and support for families and its approach to equality and diversity. The nursery based at the centre was also rated as good in Feb 2011. The Ofsted inspector said that "Paradise Park is a vibrant and welcoming centre which exploits its unique location in a park to place itself at the heart of its community. The centre's community café and its outdoor play areas are highly valued by families... The personal testimonies from parents confirm the centre's outstanding quality of care and support. ‘I always walk out feeling ten times better than when I walked in,' was the view from one parent which reflects the views of many." For the full Ofsted report see: 28th November 2011: Islington Play AGM 15th December 2011 Islington Play's AGM will be held on Thursday the 15th December from 6.30pm at Headrooms, St John's Path, Clerkenwell, EC1M 4DD (see map). Please do join us for a Christmas drink, our AGM and fabulous entertainment! 27th October 2011: Islington Adventure Playgrounds Win Top Awards Toffee Park Adventure Playground wins the Adventure Playground of the Year Award! Waterside Adventure Playground wins the Innovation Award! Congratulations to Islington's adventure playgrounds, who secured 5 of the 12 finalist places for the London Adventure Playground of the Year. 4th October 2011: Come and dance the night away at Islington Play's 40th Birthday Bash!
Children accompanied by an adult welcome! Please phone or email us for your free info@islingtonplay.org.uk or 020 7607 9637
13th September 2011: Get Together For Play Event, Wednesday 21st September, 6.30pm at Paradise Park Children's Centre Islington's children need the time and space to play safely. If you agree, then Islington's children need you, and Islington Play Association would like to meet you! Do you have enthusiasm, skills, knowledge or experience to help ensure local groups working with children can grow and develop? Come to our 'Get together' event on Wed 21st Sept 2011 from 6.30-9.00pm at Paradise Park Children's Centre, 164 Mackenzie Road, N7 8SE. 22nd August 2011: Save the Date - There will be a borough-wide community get together for play on 21 September. Keep an eye on this page for further information on this upcoming session. 27th July 2011: Play Day 2011 Join us, the borough's 12 adventure playgrounds and many more for Islington's Play Day celebrations on Wednesday 3rd August, 11am - 4pm at Paradise Park, N7. 27th July 2011: Islington Play wins 2011 international play award! Cardiff, July 2011: three members of Islington Play Association attended the 50th anniversary ‘Gold' conference held by the International Play Association to celebrate the unique work of play professionals and play advocates and to look back at excellent practice and innovative ideas from across the world. IPA's Treehouse project was given an award in recognition of its implementation of article 31 of the UN convention on the Rights of the child; ‘the right to play'. The reason for this great success was that the IPA project respects and promotes the article in many different ways from encouraging children to take part in an activity that has risk, working with tools and to create an outcome that they not only have fun making but can also have fun playing with afterwards. It is a great achievement as this is international recognition and there was much competition 13th June 2011: Islington Play presents its programme of free play events for Summer 2011
Islington Play is proud to present its 2011 Summer Programme of Free Play Events, including events run in conjunction with Greenspace in the borough's parks, the weekend family play days at Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground funded by Islington Giving, and festivals, fun days and more. Please note Play Day on Wednesday 3rd August is now taking place on Paradise Park, N7 from 11am - 4pm. The times for the Play Events in Parks are as follows: July 11-15, 3.30-6pm Basire Street Play Park, N1 July 18-22, 3.30-6.30pm Basire Street Play Park, N1 July 28, 12.30-3.30pm Rosemary Gardens, Southgate Road, N1 August 11, 1-3pm Nightingale Park, N1 August 12, 1-3pm King Square Gardens, EC1 August 15, 1-3pm Spa Fields, Skinner Street, EC1 August 16, 1-4pm Graham Street Park, N1 5th May 2011: IPA AGM to be held on Wednesday 8th June at 6.30pm at Paradise Park Children's Centre, 164 MacKenzie Road, N7 8SE 9th April 2011: Spring Playday, 12-4pm Saturday 9th April 2nd April 2011: The Launch of the Adventure Playground Weekend Opening Pilot Islington Play Association in partnership with Islington Giving are launching a pilot project to open adventure playgrounds at weekends at Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground on Saturday 2nd April 2011 at 12pm. For more information see the Weekend Opening page or download the Weekend Opening leaflet. 1st March 2011: Join us for Islington Play's 40th Birthday Supper Quiz - 4th May
23rd February 2011: Play March Islington Play Association and the staff and children from the voluntary sector adventure playgrounds went on a March for Play from Highbury Fields down to the Town Hall, culminating in the children storming the Town Hall.
14th December 2010: Land Trust "In Principle" Agreement Anita Grant, Director of Islington Play, met with Eleanor Schooling, Head of Children's Services, Thanos Morphitis, Lead for Strategy and Commissioning and Richard Watts, Executive Member for Children and Young People, in a follow up meeting to the one held on 23rd September to discuss the Islington Play's proposal to establish a "Land Trust". The outcome of the meeting was that there is an "in principle" agreement for the asset transfer of the adventure playground sites to a Land trust for children. 3rd December 2010: Children's Protest at Threats to Close their Playgrounds An exhibition of over 200 postcards from children will be on display at the Islington Town Hall from 3pm on Monday 6th December. Children at playschemes and adventure playgrounds across the borough have contributed their thoughts and feelings to show what the children will miss out on if facilities are forced to close due to government-imposed cuts in funding to pay for an economic crisis caused by banker's greed. 13th October 2010: Public Meeting to Save Play Over 50 families came to Timbuktu Adventure Playground in a Fun Day environment to speak with local councillors, including Richard Watts the Executive Member for Children and Young People, about the importance of play in Islington and the value of adventure playgrounds. 23rd September 2010: Land Trust Proposal Anita Grant, Director of Islington Play, met with John Foster, the Chief Executive of Islington Council, Catherine West, Leader of the Council, Richard Watts, Executive Member for Children and Young People, and Lord Chris Smith to discuss the Islington Play's proposal to establish a "Land Trust" to take over ownership of adventure playgrounds to protect sites in perpetuity from sale and commercial development. Follow up meeting set for 14th December. May 2010: Islington Play Association announced as the Mayor's Charity 2010-11 |
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