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Announcements & Writings

Announcements

Play Study Tour: London »

  • Monday, 10 November 2008

A guided tour visiting play spaces and places that will prompt, and respond to, the very practical questions play providers need to address.

Places for Play Study Tours: Stirling »

  • 28-30 April 2009
  • 26-28 May 2009
  • 9-11 June 2009

An unparalled opportunity to learn about the theory and practice informing Stirling's approach to the design and maintenance of spaces for play.

Local Play Space Review & Assessment Service »
A PLAYLINK play consultant with sound knowledge of designing and delivering play space schemes, will explore with you your current provision and just how good local play spaces could be.

Design Support Service »
We deploy our landscape architects and play consultants to support other practices, and providers, whether in the public or private sectors.

Conference and seminar support »
PLAYLINK can help shape the content of your conference or seminar, supply speakers and workshop leaders.
 

Writings

PLAYLINK assessment of Forestry Commission's play provision »
Includes sections on consultation, teenagers, risk, standards, play offer, publicity and promotion. Of interest to those responsible for unsupervised play provision, shared public space, and destination venues.

Green Places magazine article by Bernard Spiegal: Consultation: don't ask? »
‘I want in this article to criticise what is commonly termed 'consultation'. I want in particular to criticise 'consultation' as it too often affects decisions about play provision...’

Playwords magazine article by Bernard Spiegal: Play in School - Releasing the strangle-hold »
`The first article in this two-part series noted that ‘Health and Safety’ considerations appeared to exert a ‘s trangle-hold’ on schools…’
 

 
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