Dialogue, not consultation - show, explore, learn, engage

Our aim is to stimulate informed decision-making about places for play. This cannot be achieved in the absence of some understanding about play, and the possibilities that creative and intelligent design can offer. Of equal importance is the need to develop a shared understanding of play spaces' potential in use: the need to create opportunities for beneficial risk-taking, to offer opportunities to be alone and with others, to be active and still and much more.

Dialogue, not consultation - consultation too often produces identikit, fenced, nowhere-in-particular places full of woeful, brightly coloured equipment perched atop garish and expensive rubber 'safety' surfaces. Our purpose is to counter these negative outputs through dialogue and learning.

Show, explore, learn and engage - we work with local communities and agencies to push the boundaries of possibility and thinking. We engage using a range of materials including the 'Places for Play' and 'Places of Woe: Places of Possibility' exhibitions and content from our risk assessment workshops. Our aim is to create knowledgeable decision-makers, aware of the possibilities open to them. 'Choice' only becomes meaningful when understood in these terms.

To discuss the 'Dialogue, not Consultation' service service, please contact us.