In July and August, our peripatetic staff delivered outdoor play sessions to the children and young people of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. Making creations with art materials, dressing up as princesses and superhero’s, baking mud pies and mud smoothies, creating forts in competition with each other, and [...]
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council will start work this month on implementing a new play strategy that will see some 44 play parks across the borough upgraded at an estimated cost of £4.75m over the next five years. Delivered as part of a [...]
In 2013 PlayBoard’s Young Research Team (a group of children aged between 8 and 12 years) designed and undertook a peer research study with children from across Northern Ireland. The aim of the study was to identify the obstacles that children face in fulfilling their right to play. Informed [...]
