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Hello 2019
By Zan The coming year promises to be filled with adventure. Right off the bat, we are excited to be just over a month away from the second-ever Playwork Campference, a gathering of over 70 play advocates from 6 different countries in one of our favourite adventure...
End of Year Reflections: 2018
By Morgan As I write this, it’s the little gap of time between Christmas and New Year, when the world seems cold and quiet. My notes say to talk about how Suzanna and I spent this year apart - no tours, no shared events, but instead focusing on home and local work....
Popping Up in the Community – Part 6 – Celebrating 2018
It has been an amazing year for me at Pop-Up Adventure Play. Not only have I managed to travel to two new countries with this little charity, but I have also started embedding play into my own community. I've been in the field for over 10 years now but have never had...
Playwork Campference 2019 – Introducing Ali Wood
Introducing Ali Wood, a formidable presence in the UK playwork scene. She is akin to magnets or tides, wields subtle yet potent influence. Within a field often rife with macho posturing, she consistently advocates for reflection, compassionate listening, and a radical...
Support Playwork Travel with Giving Tuesday
For this Giving Tuesday initiative Pop-Up Adventure Play aimed to raise funds for their Playworker Travelling Fund, supporting playwork travel to different communities. This was an opportunity to gather funds that would help playworkers travel to different...
PRESS RELEASE: Second Playwork Campference brings international experts on children’s play
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOUSTON, TX: On a three-acre site in West Houston, children ages 6 to 13, many with learning differences and communication delays, have constructed a three-acre homemade playground of their dreams. This past year marked a decade of growth and...
Playwork Campference 2019 – Frequently Whispered Nightmares
As part of Playwork Campference 2019, we would like to invite folks to tell us about their own projects, their communities, and their playwork perspective, so we put out a Call for Presentations. Since then have heard some whispers that we'd like to gently address -...
Playwork Campference 2019 – Pre-Campference Leadership Intensive
Since 2010, Pop Up Adventure was part of the US Playwork and Adventure Play scene, also helping it to grow. New projects from coast-to-coast in North America, and around the world, with leaders combining passion and dedication. We are proud to consider colleagues and...
Popping Up in the Community 2018 – Part 5 – 7 Stories from 7 Pop-Ups
"In our community pop-up events, what I find particularly attractive about storytelling is that no one has to teach us how to tell a story. It is a way we make sense of our experiences. It is inclusive and open to all playworkers irrespective of their setting,...
Playwork Campference 2019 – Call for Presentations
By Zan It's been a bit quiet here on the blog front but we are finally ready to start making some noise again! We've had lots of chats about our Playwork Campference and have set up a dedicated webpage for it, which you can find here. We thought long and hard about...