Archive for Play Space Design

  • Using Fallen Trees in Playgrounds Using Fallen Trees in Playgrounds

    London Play have produced a guide to using fallen trees in play areas. You may download it from their website: http://www.londonplay.org.uk/file/1469.pdf...

  • Play Design Grant Cut Play Design Grant Cut

    In the light of the 50% reduction in the Play Pathfinder Grant imposed by the Government in June 2010 Oxfordshire County Council has been forced to cancel the Play Design Grant to new applicants. This scheme provided small grants to help groups develop their ideas for improving the play spaces in...

  • Play Preference Surveys Play Preference Surveys

    Paper based surveys of children and young people present a problem. It is difficult to find the balance between creating something that is accessible to all abilities and something that could give you some really good information providing it is filled in correctly. Play Preference Survey Choo...

  • Choosing a Playspace Designer Choosing a Playspace Designer

    There are a number of sources of information that can help you find a suitable designer / landscape architect. The Participation and Play guide contains the contact details of designers who are either involved in Oxfordshire's Play Pathfinder programme or who have expressed an interest in quoting on...

  • Managing Risk in Play Managing Risk in Play

    The Department of Schools, Children and Families has published an implementation guide to managing risk in Play provision (December 2008). Managing Risk in Play Provision: Implementation Guide is available to download from http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/ Alternatively a printed copy may...

  • Design For Play Design For Play

    The guide to creating successful play spaces produced by Play England is now back in print. The guide provides useful advice on running the consultation process and help with planning a scheme. It is packed full of case studies that illustrate the Playbuilder concept. Design for Play: A guide to ...