First Scottish Destination PiPA Awarded At Drumpellier

Inclusive Play are delighted to award Drumpellier Country Park play area with PiPA status, making this site the first Scottish play area to be awarded as a Destination PiPA. “The Crannog” play area at Drumpellier Country Park was opened to the public in June 2017. The play area is themed around an iron-age “crannog”, a […]

PiPA Debate in Scottish Parliament

For anyone who hasn’t heard of our PiPA toolkit, this may well change as we continue to campaign and champion for it at Scottish Parliamentary level. We began discussing PiPA with Linda Fabiani MSP back in 2014 when a group of parents were frustrated by the lack of inclusive provision in their area. This is […]

Good Design Starts with Consultation

An essential part of the work Inclusive Play carry out is to work extensively with our end users. We must understand the needs of all children and how we can ensure all children can access the play activities we offer. We were delighted to host a consultation event on 21st April 2016 inviting the students […]

Inclusive Play talks to BBC about report by Sense

Inclusive Play Talk to BBC On Lack of Inclusive Play Areas in UK

Lord Blunkett unveiled a report by the charity Sense that disabled children are being failed at every level to access opportunities to play. A range of reasons have been cited; a lack of focus by the Government, insufficient funding and negative attitudes by parents, all contribute to major barriers for disabled children accessing play like […]

See us at tesSEN Show 2015!

Inclusive Play are delighted to be exhibiting at one of the main events for the SEN sector and showcasing what we do, who we are and why we are really quite unique in the outdoor play sector. Having tirelessly campaigned for better outdoor inclusive facilities for many years and launching PiPA (Plan Inclusive Play Areas […]

PiPA in Politics

Every local authority across the country manage and own a portfolio of community playgrounds, yet there is no structure in place that ensures a proportion of these are truly inclusive. In a bid to change this Inclusive Play has been working tirelessly with a number of great organisations and individuals to create PiPA (Plan Inclusive […]

The First PiPA Designed Inclusive Playground

Earley Town Council are close to completion of the UK’s very first designed from scratch PiPA Inclusive Playground at Sol Joel. The park is designed to be fully inclusive for all children and will engage youngsters with special needs and disabilities. Earley Town Council, together with the support of Wokingham Borough Council, have been busy consulting with […]

Inclusive Play interactive Audionetic Clickety Story

Develop literacy skills with Audionetic & Clickety

Literacy continues to be an area that many people of all ages struggle with; The World Literacy Foundation found that 1 in 5 of the UK population continue to struggle with basic levels of reading. Typical information points found in tourist spots or public spaces are often rendered useless or can become embarrassing for parents who are unable to read complex information […]

Up on the roof

When space becomes an issue, why not take your project to the roof? This is what the team at Educarium in Poland decided to do when working with Bydgoszcz main hospital, Bydgoszcz. The Inclusive Play Orbs and Mezzo are featured as part of a sensory and ground game trail that also provides a more playful view […]

We’re Giving ‘Blue Monday’ a Makeover!

Every year we hear the moans and groans of the January blues and apparently more so today, 19th January the third Monday in the month, now dubbed as ‘Blue Monday’. The team at Inclusive Play aren’t up for that kind of negativity, we like the colour blue (naturally, look at our logo!) so we are […]