Date: Thursday 4 November 2021Time: 10.00am - 12.00pmPlatform: Zoom PlayBoard wouldn’t be the organisation that it is without its members! We would be delighted if you would join us for our AGM and Seminar on Thursday 4 November. Our Seminar, being held on Outdoor Classroom Day, will focus on Covid-19 [...]
To help children and young people enjoy a summer of play this year, PlayBoard is sharing the Summer of Play Challenge! The challenge is a list of the top 20 fun activities to try this summer (as voted for by our followers) - tick them off to keep a record [...]
Today, thousands of children and their families will be out playing in communities and at local events across the UK, celebrating Playday – the national day for play. Over the past year and a half, children have faced challenges and uncertainty – they need to enjoy time for play free [...]
Belfast City Council is supporting this year's Playday and Summer of Play by encouraging young people to get creative. On Wednesday 4 August, there will be boxes of chalk in Belfast playgrounds and parks allowing children to explore their creativity and add some colour to open spaces. You can get chalk and start drawing [...]
From fun-filled summer schemes, £1 swims, wide-ranging sports sessions to energetic dance clubs, imaginative play programmes and more taking place right across council leisure centres, community centres, parks and open spaces, the borough’s youngest residents are all set to have a summer to remember! ABC Council are also rolling out [...]
In partnership with PlayBoard, Mid & East Antrim Borough Council are bringing town centres to life this summer with pop-up play sessions! The sessions will be taking place in the following locations from 11:00am to 12:30pm: Broadway, Larne - 10 AugustWellington Court, Ballymena - 17 AugustThe top of North Street [...]
Playday will be celebrated across the UK on Wednesday 4 August. The theme for this year’s Playday is Summer of Play. The Playday 2021 theme recognises the challenges children and young people have faced over the past year and the need to enjoy time for play free of restrictions, with [...]
PlayBoard NI has joined with Play England, Play Scotland, Play Wales, playfirstuk, Playing Out and Save the Children to call for children’s play to be prioritised this summer to repair some of the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic on children’s well-being. Summer of Play campaigners including charities, businesses and [...]
Do you remember your favourite thing to play during the long summer months of your childhood? Do you work with, or care for children and know what summer activities they love to play? We want your help to collate the top 20 summer activities for a play challenge for children [...]
March 2021 The Reclaiming Play Spaces programme facilitated by PlayBoard NI and funded by Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council ran from October 2020 to February 2021. Play sessions were delivered in five areas of Antrim and Newtownabbey and aimed to bring free, unstructured play opportunities to children, parents and staff [...]
