Oct 31, 2013 | Community, Play, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Tour, US, Zan
By Zan Our mission has always been to give opportunities for child-directed play within a community of supportive adults. In a practical sense, it means that we provide support and training for parents, professionals and community members around the world, whenever...
Aug 26, 2013 | adventure playground, Community, Morgan, parents, Play, Playwork, Playworker Development Course, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, tutor, Zan
We’ve been making pop-up adventure playgrounds, and helping others make them, for 3 years now. Our original idea was that they be a lightweight model for community-based playwork, focusing on playing and learning for parents and professionals, that they could...
May 29, 2013 | Children, Memories, Photos, Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, school, Zan
By Zan The Co-operative Academy of Manchester asked us back to their school for another 2 days of Pop-Up Adventure Family Play. It was a great couple of days of play with some great moments: moments which I will be talking about for a long time, and moments that I...
May 13, 2013 | Morgan, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-Up Play Shop, press release, Zan
The new play charity, Pop-Up Adventure Play (UK) has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards-for-All programme. The money will enable the charity to explore the potential for a national scheme. It will help local groups establish “Pop-Up Play...
Apr 25, 2013 | blog, Children, Community, London, Play, Playwork, playwork principles, playworkers, Pop-Up Play Shop, symposium, Zan
By Zan The blog for the Shop of Possibilities has been one of my favourite blogs ever since I found it about a year ago. The updates aren’t regular, but the photos are always fascinating, and gives a little glimpse into the life of a possible world. So imagine...
Apr 8, 2013 | adventure playground, Adventures, Photos, Play, Playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Zan
By Zan The last 7 days have been a bit busy but in a really good way. I thought it might be nice to share some of the stuff we get up to on a day to day basis at Pop-Up Adventure Play as well as share some photos from my exciting week. Monday In the UK it was a Bank...
Mar 11, 2013 | Morgan, Photos, Play, play conference, Playwork, playworker, Zan
By Zan This time last week, Morgan and I were road-tripping down to Eastbourne, right on the south coast of the British Isles. We were on our way to the 11th National Playwork Conference, hosted by Meynell Games. Both Morgan and I were presenting twice at the...
Feb 19, 2013 | Cardboard, Children, Play, Playwork, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds, Zan
It’s been some time since I’ve lead on a project and worked directly with children. The last time I did, it was as part of the Queen’s Jubilee, and in video-game-years that was an age ago! Today I get to excitedly talk about my two-day Pop-Up...
Feb 14, 2013 | Keep Calm and Play On, Marc Armitage, Photos, Play, Playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play, tickets, Tour, video, Zan
By Zan We’re very excited and privileged to be working with Marc Armitage on his first US tour. It is a great partnership for the following reasons: 1) Marc Armitage is a great playworker He’s been in the field for over 30 years both as a front line worker...
Dec 30, 2012 | Belgium, Charity, Global Network, Largo, MoMA, photo, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Reflection, street party, UK, US, Zan
By Zan At the end of every year, the holiday festivities always gives us a moment to look back on the last 12 months and reflect. For Pop-Up Adventure Play, this really has been some year! In the US: We did training in Largo, Florida which amounted to a city-wide play...
Nov 22, 2012 | Charity, Global Network, Morgan, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Zan
By Zan Happy Thanksgiving! I’m very pleased to announce that Pop-Up Adventure Play (UK) is officially a charity. After a whole year of seemingly endless paperwork and craziness, Pop-Up Adventure Play’s resident Brit (me) and half Brit (Morgan) have formed...
Mar 29, 2012 | blog, feedback, Play, Pop-Up Adventure Play, Zan
By Suzanna The Pop-Up Adventure Play team are new to the blogging world. We have lots of ideas for future posts, but I myself am curious about you. What would you like to read about? What would you like Pop-Up Adventure Play to write about and post up on their blog?...
