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Archived News 2011

  • 19.12.2011

    Watford Community Housing Trust revamps five play facilities
    Local children were involved in every aspect of the project. They submitted drawings of what they would like from their playground, they helped select equipment and even swapped the classroom for a day on site as they helped draw out one of their new community playgrounds. 

  • 19.12.2011

    Coteford Infant School's play make-over!
    Coteford Infant School and Children’s Centre approached Russell Play to design a play space for the school, the children’s centre and nursery.

  • 16.12.2011

    API backs the Right Year for Children campaign
    Children's footprints make their way to Downing Street. Thousands of children across the country have sent messages to the Prime Minister on cardboard and paper footprints, to mark the start of a year of action on children's rights.

  • 15.12.2011

    MP's seek advice from Sutcliffe Play
    Sutcliffe Play was among three top businesses including the John Lewis Partnership, invited to share information as ‘witnesses’.  The information she provided will help to form the basis of a report to be published in May.

  • 15.12.2011

    Miracle Design and Play strengthen sales team
    Miracle Design and Play Ltd are pleased to announce the appointment of their new Sales Manager, Keith Parker, to their expanding team. Keith has been in the Leisure industry for over 32 years, following a professional sports career, and is now looking forward to bringing this wealth of experience to the new challenge that lies ahead at Miracle.

  • 15.12.2011

    Losing a Spare Tyre for Silverstone!
    Wicksteed Playscapes will be cheering on one of its playground designers at the Silverstone Half Marathon next year. 

  • 14.12.2011

    Creative Play transform Grazebrook Primary in North London
    Creative Play recently transformed the playground at Grazebrook Primary School in North London.

  • 14.12.2011

    PlaySmart’s new look hits the streets
    Surfacing specialist PlaySmart have followed up the launch of their new website by giving their vehicle fleet an eye-catching makeover.

  • 14.12.2011

    Angry Birds activity parks to come to UK
    Angry Birds activity parks, based on the world’s fastest growing mobile game, will soon be coming to the UK

  • 09.12.2011

    API announces new addition to their team stengthening their marketing and communciations
    The Association of Play Industries (API) is extremely pleased to announce that Adam Steiner, formally Public Development Officer for the Federation of Sports and Play Associations will be joining the API full time as from the 1st January 2012.

  • 08.12.2011

    Music and social play for Charlton on Otmoor
    Musical play items and Play Top picnic tables create a social play area for an Oxfordshire primary school.

  • 01.12.2011

    PlaySmart launch new website
    Surfacing specialist PlaySmart have launched a new website to showcase their growing range of products and added a new free phone number for enquiries 0808 231 6379.


  • 30.11.2011
    Miracle launch Natural Urban Edge range
    Miracle Design and Play Ltd are pleased to announce the release of their brand new product range: Natural Urban Edge.
  • 30.11.2011

    Timberplay help make Kidzworld a must-play attraction for Cornwall
    With the launch of the new Kidzworld, St Austell in Cornwall has a new premier attraction which offers the best play opportunities to both holiday makers and locals. Kidzworld has been an attraction for several years, but has recently undergone a huge redevelopment program to make it twice the size, and used the services of Timberplay to ensure their play facilities are second to none.

  • 22.11.2011

    Wicksteed Playscapes Has the Winning Formula!
    Play design company, Wicksteed Playscapes, is thrilled to announce its latest award-winning success by scooping two top business accolades.

  • 22.11.2011

    Specialist playground company RAY PARRY PLAYGROUNDS LTD Transforms play provision at prestigious Shrewsbury Public School
    In June 2011, Mr. Harvey Stokes, the Building Surveyor of the Girls’ Day School Trust contacted us with regard to a site visit at the prestigious Shrewsbury High Prep School.

  • 22.11.2011

    Risky Play Most Popular At Cambridgeshire Adventure Playground
    Six months after Cambridgeshire’s new £1 million adventure playground officially opened it is still receiving excellent reviews from local youngsters.

  • 17.11.2011

    School children opened playground they helped create
    Pupils from a Watford primary school were guests of honour at the grand opening of a playground they helped to build.

  • 14.11.2011

    Play comes to Jersey Park with Timberplay
    Sheffield based play specialist Timberplay are happy to be part in the redevelopment of Millennium Town Park, Jersey. The fun has now begun with the installation of £90k worth of Timberplay play equipment in the new play area.

  • 04.11.2011

    Buyer sought for playground maker Timberline
    Administrators for Chesterfield-based children's outdoor play equipment manufacturer, Timberline, have embarked on an intensive search for a buyer for the company, after it was forced out of business.

  • 04.11.2011

    Playing fields get cash windfall
    Sport England initiative will distribute a total of £10m to projects for protection and restoration

  • 01.11.2011

    Wicksteed – finalists for 3 more awards!
    Three out of three can’t be bad!!  Wicksteed Playscapes entered the 2011 Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards in three separate categories and has been shortlisted in all three!


     

  • 24.10.2011

    Brockholes – the natural play stop! 
    To become an alternative motorway rest stop is one ambition of a bold new nature development situated just off the M6 near Preston.

  • 21.10.2011

    The Elizabeth II Fields Challenge - Save a Space for Me
    Today is the start of your chance to protect outdoor spaces near you.  Yesterday we launched the Save a Space for Me campaign with events in London and Cardiff and screened a special video message from our Patron The Duke of Cambridge.

  • 21.10.2011

    Global growth vision for Sutcliffe Play
    Leading play equipment manufacturer and designer Sutcliffe Play has appointed a new International Sales Manager, highlighting its vision to become the global experts in play.

  • 19.10.2011

    Help shape the future of play in England
    Play England Annual Members Meeting – 7 November 2011, London. If you’re passionate about children’s play, support Play England in campaigning for all children and young people to have freedom and space to play throughout childhood by joining the annual members meeting (for members only) on Monday 7 November. The meeting will be followed by an exciting open session in the afternoon and an early evening celebration of the past five years' investments in children’s play.

  • 18.10.2011

    Childsplay Active opens up a new dimension of fun for pupils
    Youngsters in Leicestershire are enjoying a whole new world of play after the successful installation of a bespoke Notts Sport ChildsPlay Active system at their school.

  • 18.10.2011

    Sovereign launches online funding tool
    Play equipment specialist Sovereign Design Play Systems has launched an online tool to help to public sector organisations and communities search for funding to improve and develop play spaces for children.

  • 12.10.2011

    Whitehall falls behind rest of the UK in protecting children’s right to play
    With the Human Rights Act hitting the headlines it’s easy to forget that children’s rights in England are being left behind. The Northern Ireland Executive, Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Parliament are much closer than the coalition government to realising Article 31 (the child’s right to play) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) soon to face its 20th anniversary, either through policy change or incorporation into law.

  • 12.10.2011

    Unique self build system offers endless play opportunities
    Play experts Sutcliffe Play have developed a dynamic and unique self build system that encourages children to explore, create and interact - essential elements of adventure playgrounds.

  • 12.10.2011

    eibe launches new funding tool
    In association with GRANTfinder, the world's leading free to use funding search site, eibe Play has a brand new financial help tool, GrantNET, available on its web site.

  • 10.10.2011

    Electronic playground measures energy expenditure
    In a ground-breaking development, one manufacturer’s electronic playground equipment can now measure the amount of calories burned by its users.

  • 10.10.2011

    Wicksteed Playscapes: bound to inspire!
    A new sleek, informative and superbly illustrated publication bursting with inspirational playscapes and products predominantly inspired by wood, has just been launched by Wicksteed Playscapes.

  • 07.10.2011

    Sutcliffe Play to unveil new range at Playfair 2012
    Sutcliffe Play has announced it will be exhibiting at next year’s PlayFair, 19-20 June 2012 at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry.

  • 06.10.2011

    PPA ASPIRE Award winners 2011 announced at EAS
    The Play Providers Association (PPA) held its prestigious ASPIRE Awards ceremony last week in conjunction with the Euro Attractions Show (EAS), London. Held at Olympia, the flagship event for the indoor play sector attracted over 100 guests from PPA member companies nationwide as well as industry colleagues.

  • 06.10.2011

    Soft Surfaces construct new MUGA
    Soft Surfaces Ltd have completed the construction of several MUGA’s throughout the summer and we have over the last decade progressed to become one of the leading installers of not just safety surfaces but also sports surfacing within the UK.

  • 06.10.2011

    Wicksteed welcomes Angus Mackintosh to the sales team
    Wicksteed Playscapes has just appointed a new Area Sales Manager for Scotland by the name of Angus Mackintosh who is Scottish through and through - with routes further north than Fort William where his family still run a croft.  Angus lends a helping hand there when he pays a visit - so he’s no stranger to hard graft.

  • 05.10.2011

    Highfields Climbs to the Top!
    Children are inherently adventurous, with an almost inbuilt ‘program’ to climb! Highfields Adventure Playground in Leicester recognised that if children from their local area were to do this then they would need to satisfy parents and the community that they could do this in a safe environment.

  • 05.10.2011

    Surfacing specialist Notts Sport has the perfect solution for school's worn-out pitch
    Sports and games facilities for students at an international school in West London have been given a brand new lease of life, thanks to a refurbishment project by leading surfacing specialist Notts Sport.


     

  • 30.09.2011

    Learning centre’s new play area encourages inclusive play
    Visitors to a children’s education centre can now benefit from a new play area suitable for children of all abilities.

  • 30.09.2011

    Russell Play chosen for Priory Park Play Area, Chichester
    Nestling in the heart of Chichester, a new play area rich with opportunities for all abilities has been designed and installed by Russell Play.

  • 30.09.2011

    Notts Sport launches fast track funding - the flexible way to fund multi-sport facilities
    Leading synthetic surfacing supplier Notts Sport has unveiled an exciting new flexible funding service that makes it easy and affordable for schools and communities to achieve first-class sporting facilities.

  • 30.09.2011

    Happiness must go together with health
    The Association of Play Industries (API) supports the recent recommendations made by the “Erosion of Childhood” letter, published by the Telegraph on 23/9/2011 and signed by more than 200 academics, authors and children’s charities, encouraging a more play-based curriculum for children.

  • 22.09.2011

    API sponsors “ASPIRE in the Community” - Aspire Awards 2011
    The Association of Play Industries is pleased to announce that they are once again supporting the Play Providers Association (PPA) with their Aspire Awards (Awards for the Play Industry Recognising Excellence). 

  • 19.09.2011

    Outdoor Play Design Company Wins Major National Business Award
    One of the UK’s most well-known children’s play equipment designers and manufacturers has just won the ‘Best Large Sized Business’ category in the national Best Business Awards.    Wicksteed Playscapes fought off stiff competition against 17 other UK companies to win this coveted award.

  • 13.09.2011

    Wicksteed Playscapes scoops Gold Award at SALTEX 2011
    Wicksteed Playscapes excelled themselves this year at SALTEX and it didn’t go unnoticed by anyone especially those from the official IOG SALTEX judging panel! Standing out from the crowd as usual, the array of fabulous new products displayed in an imaginative setting earned the company a well deserved Gold Award.

  • 08.09.2011

    New appointment for Sutcliffe Play
    Leading play equipment manufacturer and designer Sutcliffe Play has appointed a new Head of Sales.

  • 08.09.2011

    Play England Chair - applications invited
    Applications are invited for position of Play England Chair, to be appointed in November 2011  What was your favourite play memory as a child?  Do you champion children's play in your current senior role? Would you relish the opportunity to foster the next stage of growth of Play England, England's foremost organisation for children's play? 

  • 07.09.2011

    Russell Play supplies MUGA to north Lyon
    Russell Play has supplied another MUGA to our French distributors Equip Stadium. The project in St-Clément-Sous-Valsonne in the Rhône region, north of Lyon has fewer than 700 inhabitants required a total refurbishment of a sports area to be used by the local community and schools.

  • 07.09.2011

    Notts Sport launches childsplay nursery - the perfect solution for good, clean fun!
    A pioneering product from leading synthetic surfacing specialist Notts Sport is set to open up a colourful new world of fresh and healthy play for youngsters everywhere.


     

  • 31.08.2011

    Keeping Wicksteed in the news
    A brand new play area has just been officially opened for the people of Leyland in Lancashire and the County Council’s ‘Aiming High for Disabled Children’ £30,000 grant helped with the funding of this recent upgrade, making the playground more inclusive.

  • 26.08.2011

    Dura-Sport reports an increase in sales of their Impact Play Surface Solution
    Dura-Sport Limited of Leicester has reported that installations of their latest innovative Play Surface – Impact Play - have seen a massive increase during 2011.

  • 26.08.2011

    Russell Play has launched their new catalogue
    Featuring products such as Silhouette, Adrenaline, Metro and a selection of Berliner rope and Spielart timber products it’s a must have compendium!

  • 25.08.2011

    Jupiter play launches urban gym
    As a nation we are leading increasingly sedentary lifestyles.  The importance of providing free, accessible, outdoor fitness opportunities which will engage children from 14 through to senior citizens cannot be underestimated.

  • 24.08.2011

    Jupter Play further strengthens team to deliver excellence
    Hot on the heels of recogniition in the recent LGN Stree Design Awards for the company's design flair, Jupiter Play is also striving to build on its already strong reputation for customer service with two key appointments.

  • 10.08.2011

    API members step out for Playday 2011
    This year’s national Playday was well-attended with a great show of support from the play sector, communities and the play industry. Several API member companies supported or hosted their own events in towns throughout the UK:

  • 09.08.2011

    Proludic goes for gold at Saltex
    Play equipment company Proludic is set to launch its Sports Legacy Zone concept at Saltex, the open space management industry’s number one trade event (6-8 September).

  • 09.08.2011

    Kids say all weather pitch is the best thing in their area
    A new all-weather pitch from leading UK artificial surfacing supplier Notts Sport is, according to local children, ‘the best thing that has happened’ in their Sheffield neighbourhood.

  • 08.08.2011

    eibe wins Green Apple Award
    eibe is thrilled to have won a Green Apple Environment Award for the third time in its history. Fighting off competition from 500 other nominations, eibe will receive its prestigious award at the House of Commons on November 14th 2011.

  • 01.08.2011

    An Olympic Sized Play Area
    Sheffield based play specialist Timberplay are celebrating their own epic win with the announcement they have won a contract at Victoria Park, London – a site adjacent to the Olympic Village.


     

  • 26.07.2011

    First annual AGM for Sutcliffe Play
    Upton based Sutcliffe Play has held its first Annual General Meeting since becoming employee owned.  The company, renowned for pushing the boundaries of play, became the UK’s first and only employee owned playground equipment manufacturer when Chairman Robin Sutcliffe handed ownership of the company to its employees last April.

  • 25.07.2011

    Childsplay education from Notts Sport makes playtime a journey of discovery!
    Schools and nurseries looking for new ways to make learning fun and exciting can now spark children’s imaginations with amazing ChildsPlay Education mats from leading play surfacing specialist Notts Sport.

  • 21.07.2011

    Fields in Trust - The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge - call to arms!
    The weekend of 2-5 June 2012 marks The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and we want to ensure that it is celebrated in fitting style. The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge is a brilliant campaign to protect outdoor sport, play and recreation spaces as a permanent living legacy of this momentous event.

  • 21.07.2011

    Wicksteed takes the office to the park!
    Why be restricted to the office when you can work alfresco…? Wicksteed Playscapes is about to plan the next Area Sales Managers meeting in the local park – taking the term ‘blue-skies meeting’ literally - to highlight ‘Love Parks Week’ (23-31 July).

  • 20.07.2011

    Notts Sport has the perfect solution for Sport and Play at Middlesbrough Schools
    Leading UK surfacing supplier Notts Sport is a key player in a project which is transforming sport and play opportunities at primary schools in the North East.

  • 18.07.2011

    Playfair enjoys fourth successful year
    The fourth Playfair show took place last month and did extremely well, despite fears for future sales following lack of Government support for Play.

  • 15.07.2011

    HAGS and playITsound joint venture to add new dimensions to outdoor play
    Global play equipment meets modern technology. HAGS, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of playground equipment, has entered into a joint venture with the Danish company playITsound. PlayITsound are a young Company who employ emerging technologies and unique ideas to connect the real world of physical activity and play with the electronic, digital and virtual interactive worlds. 

  • 13.07.2011

    Life’s a Beach at Riversley Park
    Children in Nuneaton, Warwickshire are enjoying the delights of naturally inspired play thanks to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council’s vision to improve an existing play space at Riversley Park.

  • 04.07.2011

    API calls for government action on play and childhood obesity
    The API has launched a report aimed at government and the play sector which calls for more government action to encourage play, physical activity and tackle the growing obesity crisis. 


     
  • 30.06.2011

    Enabling outdoor environments for schools – Wicksteed puts extra sparkle into Sparkenhoe playground
    Learning outdoors is finally being recognised as a vitally important element of the school day. Wicksteed Playscapes has the expertise and the experience to transform an outdoor environment into something very special.

  • 29.06.2011

    API's Indoor members host sector forum
    The indoor section chose Playfair 2011 to hold its first open meeting since the early days of the section being formed. The objective of the event, which saw indoor members welcome non-members, operators, inspectors and consultants to Federation House, was to discuss issues which face the industry and highlight the work which the API has been doing in the past year in preparation for the  future.

  • 28.06.2011

    Miracle in Trowbridge
    Miracle Design and Play while working together with Wiltshire County Council have recently opened a thrilling new playground in Stallard Street Recreation ground.

  • 23.06.2011

    Providing great places to play is as easy as 1,2,3 with Childsplay!
    Not one, not two, but three projects to transform play spaces for youngsters in Lancashire have proved just how versatile the innovative ChildsPlay system – from leading UK surfacing designer NottsSport – really is!

  • 23.06.2011

    Contemporary play piece by Russell Play - Silhouette
    Silhouette offers a dynamic and innovative approach to play and play within urban spaces. Each Silhouette piece has been designed with traditional play areas in mind but also developed for inclusion within environments such as city parks, public spaces and shopping centres.

  • 23.06.2011

    Sovereign transform children's play
    Sovereign Design Play Systems, a leading UK play equipment manufacturer, has completed a major development to outdoor play facilities at Springfield Community Special School.

  • 16.06.2011

    Play & Leisure launches new brochure at Playfair 2011
    Play & Leisure will be exhibiting at this years Playfair exhibition stand F4. We are pleased to announce that we will be launching our exciting new brochure at the event.Do come and say hello and collect your free brochure

  • 16.06.2011

    Hylands Park Estate creates an Adventure Castle  with Timberplay
    Those visiting one of the UK’s best known Council owned historic homes, Hylands House in Hylands Park Estate, may notice a new addition to the park, a wooden built castle complete with drawbridge.

  • 13.06.2011

    Chelsea Flower Show - 24th - 28th May
    EcoScape® attended the Chelsea Flower Show, having sponsored and been featured on the David Watkinson Sculpture stand.

  • 13.06.2011

    Timberplay.com is testament to their success
    Timberplay, the naturally inspired play equipment specialists, pride themselves on offering a little something out of the ordinary and online visitors to a new look Timberplay.com should certainly expect no different from the UK market pioneers.

  • 09.06.2011

    Wicksteed Playscapes announces new launches and a grand sale at SALTEX!
    There’s even more reason to visit the exciting Wicksteed Playscapes stand at this year’s SALTEX – not only will there be inspiring new products to view, but also exceptional bargains are in the offing!

  • 02.06.2011

    API re-states its commitment to children and play
    The Association of Play Industries – API has drawn up a new charter that re-states its aims and beliefs relating to children’s play and their wellbeing. It emphasises the API’s continuing promotion of good industry standards and inclusive design – where listening to children means they are consulted on the spaces they play in.

  • 01.06.2011

    LPUK team goes from strength to strength
    A new recruit will further strengthen the hard-working team at a play and fitness company.


       
  • 31.05.2011

    Adrenaline range creates a buzz
    Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association is a member of the People for Places Group, and are a Scottish charity based in the Craigmiller district in the Eastern outskirts of Edinburgh. This area has been undergoing a massive regeneration programme, and the site in question was earmarked as an area of open space large enough to facilitate a play area for teenagers.

  • 25.05.2011

    Bringing together leading brands in the Play Industry
    PlayPower Group in the UK has announced that the leading brands; SMP, Reecord, RSS Playmakers and PlaydirectUK.com are being brought together under common management and administration in order to further strengthen the group’s market leading position.

  • 25.05.2011

    Neighbourhood community constable uses play to reduce anti-social behaviour
    A FORWARD-THINKING community constable hopes that an innovative Pod Shelter, now being used by youngsters in a West Yorkshire village, can be rolled out across the country to help reduce complaints about anti-social behaviour and steer kids away from a life of crime.

  • 25.05.2011

    RPII achieves Awarding Body recognition by Ofqual
    The Register of Play Inspectors International (RPII) is celebrating recognition by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) as an approved Awarding Body, confirmed from April 2011. As the UK play industry’s sole body for syllabus setting, examination and certification of play safety inspectors, the RPII has been progressively operating to Ofqual requirements in recent years.

  • 24.05.2011

    eibe to sponsor children at Playfair
    eibe is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the attending schools who visit Playfair from June 21-22.

  • 19.05.2011

    NCB’s Children’s Play Information Service forms partnership with play industry
    National Children’s Bureau (NCB) and the Association of Play Industries (API), together with Play England, have come together to form a new partnership to ensure the continuation of the Children’s Play Information Service, based at NCB. The CPIS was under threat of closure due to government cuts but the partnership should help protect these services for the remainder of 2011 and keep them accessible to the public and play sector.

  • 19.05.2011

    The future's bright for playtime with Notts Sport!
    There can now be sunshine every day in the playground – thanks to the exclusive new Sunset Orange colour launched by leading play surfacing specialist Notts Sport.

  • 16.05.2011

    Playing down on the farm….
    Innovative play design and equipment from Sheffield based Timberplay have caught the eye of Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley who are investing £300,000 in a new and improved adventure playground.

  • 05.05.2011

    SSP Water Play at Peppa Pig World
    Following SSP Water & Play's successful creation and installation of the 'Water Kingdom' at Paultons Park in 2009, they were selected to provide the splash zone element for the new Peppa Pig World.

  • 05.05.2011

    SMP Demonstration Area added to Playfair 2011
    SMP (Playgrounds) Ltd are delighted to announce that we have added a demonstration Area to Playfair 2011! The Demo Area will be located adjacent to the SMP stand on D3.

  • 03.05.2011

    Huck Play @ Playfair 2011
    This year once again at PlayFair,  Huck Play, a Division of Huck Nets UK Ltd, will have an impressive display of their play equipment on show.     They will be showcasing a range of their successful rope play products

  • 03.05.2011

    Not for the feint-hearted
    Wicksteed Playscapes enters the edgy and exciting world of Parkour with schemes designed by the world’s leading professionals: Parkour Generations.

  • 03.05.2011

    eibe team learns Fundamentals
    After recent appearances on national radio and BBC television, child psychologist Dr Amanda Gummer took time to visit eibe's UK headquarters recently.

  • 03.05.2011

    Imagination Playground from Play Direct UK.com
    Play Direct UK.com (SMP Playgrounds Ltd) are proud to be bringing the US phenomenon Imagination Playground to the UK.


       

     

  • 20.04.2011

    API announces Playfair 2011 seminar programme
    The Association of Play Industries has created a seminar programme that reaches beyond the ordinary confines of a trade show.  We feel the variety of topics offered; from the links between active play and sport, behavioural attitudes in child development and how to kick-start new play projects, will attract a greater audience and provide useful insights on the modern world of play for the play industry, education sector, local authorities, community groups, as well as the public and private sectors.

  • 19.04.2011

    Meet your new personal trainer!
    Playdale are proud to introduce their brand new outdoor fitness range; Training Buddies. Developed in conjunction with Youth Sport Direct, there are eight different Training Buddies, each designed to help you perfect a specific exercise technique, such as tricep dips, sit ups and lunges.

  • 19.04.2011

    The world is your wicket! - Notts Sport launches the Powerplay Instant Cricket System. Notts Sport, the world’s leading supplier of synthetic cricket pitch systems, is launching a brand new portable pitch that opens up a world of practice and matchplay opportunities for sports providers, schools, clubs and local authorities.

  • 19.04.2011

    Parkour arrives in the UK
    The latest innovation in extreme sports has hit the UK, after a new range of urban inspired recreational equipment was launched by Lappset Playworld, a leading fitness and play equipment company.

  • 18.04.2011

    API Announces New Executive Team
    The Association of Play Industries held its 27th Annual General Meeting on the 14th April 2011 at its Federation House headquarters in Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. The membership enjoyed an update of all the API recent activities and welcomedits new Executive team.

  • 15.04.2011

    Playful Gardens at Dobbies
    Dobbies, one of the UK’s leading garden centre businesses, has been developing its play and adventure areas for children at its new-build centres.

  • 15.04.2011

    New play unit ties in with EYFS Review
    A new play unit for children aged 1-4 could help achieve many of the benchmarks set out in the recently reviewed Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, according to UK play equipment specialists Sutcliffe Play. 

  • 14.04.2011

    Working in Partnership for Play
    PAR is the name for the newly created indoor play alliance formed by the Play Providers Association (PPA), The Association Of Play Industries (API) and the Register of Play Inspectors International ( RPII )

  • 12.04.2011

    Wicksteed Playscapes Go Supersize at PlayFair 2011
    Building on the success of last year, Wicksteed Playscapes will be returning to PlayFair 2011 with the largest stand in the history of the play, sport & leisure exhibition - stand D1, 21-22 June, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.

  • 08.04.2011
    Everything to play for!
    Playdale Playgrounds is championing the role of play in promoting a healthy lifestyle with the launch of a new Wellness brochure.
  • 08.04.2011

    eibe launches new Webshop
    Now there is an even easier way of buying outdoor play equipment and indoor nursery furniture.

  • 04.04.2011

    Notts sport pitches a well-grounded solution to spending cuts
    Leading synthetic surfacing specialist Notts Sport is offering an ideal solution for local authorities and other organisations that need to maintain quality sports facilities, in spite of the current severe financial constraints that have seen central government funding cuts of around 12%.


       

     

  • 31.03.2011

    What will happen to playgrounds?
    Today is the official end of the previous Government’s Playbuilder/Pathfinder project to overhaul the UK’s many ageing, dilapidated children’s playgrounds.  The last few years have seen a welcome injection of £235m worth of funding for Councils to improve local play facilities particularly in socially deprived areas.

  • 30.03.2011

    API confirm Sally Gunnell OBE as keynote speaker for Playfair 2011
    One of the UK’s greatest athletes, Sally Gunnell OBE is to give a speech about the benefits of play at the API’s Playfair 2011 trade show on 21 June 2011 at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire.  The FSPA’s leading play association; the Association of Play Industries (API) is delighted to confirm Sally as their guest speaker for the show; now in its third year as the recognised UK national event for all those involved in the selection, purchase, upkeep and replacement of children’s play equipment.

  • 30.03.2011

    New recruit to target fresh markets
    A play and fitness equipment company has recently taken on a new recruit to help target new markets.

  • 30.03.2011

    Pronto Express Delivery by SMP (Playgrounds) Ltd
    Let's face it - nobody likes hanging around waiting weeks or even longer for their play equipment to arrive.

  • 28.03.2011

    SMP (Playgrounds) Ltd to attend Playfair 2011
    SMP (Playgrounds) Ltd are delighted to announce we will be exhibiting at Playfair, Stoneleigh Park 21st -22nd June 2011 (Stand D3). The API Member only event provides an excellent platform for SMP to showcase new products to key specifiers and purchasers from across the Play Industry. This year we will be exhibiting more new products from our Dynamic Solo range and Arena MUGA range!

  • 25.03.2011

    Childsplay Active from Notts Sport is the ultimate new 'Outdoor classroom'
    Leading synthetic surfacing specialist Notts Sport has launched ChildsPlay Active, the latest innovative and cost-effective product in its popular children’s play range.

  • 25.03.2011

    Wicksteed brought colour & inspirational ideas to Education Show
    The UK’s largest educational resources exhibition provides teaching staff with a huge variety of inspirational ideas, solutions and new products which can be seen first-hand. 

  • 21.03.2011

    Proludic Launch FREE Funding and Community Engagement Guide!
    At Proludic we are committed to providing all children with exciting and innovative play options. We also realise though how daunting the prospect of securing funding for new projects can be.

  • 21.03.2011

    Lappset Playworld proves a hit in West Sussex
    A company that specialises in providing play and fitness equipment has installed two new play areas in West Sussex within six months of each other.

  • 14.03.2011

    Aylesbury leads the way for natural Play
    Timberplay, the naturally inspired play equipment specialists, are delighted to announce an exciting contract secured with Aylesbury Vale District Council.

  • 14.03.2011

    National campaign saves the playground!
    A high profile play area is set to open after a nationwide campaign to restore funding for children’s playgrounds.

  • 11.03.2011

    Top Country Park chooses Spielart timber play equipment
    Moors Valley Country Park, which attracts approximately 800,000 visitors per year, making it the 3rd most visited Country Park in England and one of the most visited attractions on the south coast, recently selected Russell Play to supply and install their new play equipment.

  • 11.03.2011

    Snug school's study
    A study of children’s play in schools has revealed that a loose parts concept encourages creativity, problem-solving and cooperation, and offers an ideal solution for schools looking for equipment with long term play value.

  • 11.03.2011

    New playground in Folkestone is designed for inclusive play
    Children in Folkestone have seen their own ideas come to life with the installation of a new play area specially designed to encourage inclusive play.

  • 07.03.2011

    The Gin Case - Silloth, Cumbria
    The Gin Case is a family tourist attraction site in Silloth, on the Solway coast in Cumbria. The owner, John Nattrass, has a play barn with an aviary, toy cars and sand pits, but he needed something more fulfilling and imaginative for the children to enjoy while their parents browsed in the souvenir shop and relaxed in the tea rooms.

  • 07.03.2011

    Parents for Playgrounds
    Patsy Kensit talks about the launch of the Parents for Playgrounds, a campaign to preserve traditional outdoor play around the UK The Parents for Playgrounds campaign, supported by Patsy and also backed by Play England, is designed to help the UKs children stay active, healthy and happy.

  • 04.03.2011

    A perfectly natural play experience
    The fabulous new play area in St Louis Meadow really does have something for everyone. The landscape-led design, installed by Wicksteed Playscapes with playbuilder funding for Banbury Town Council, incorporates a huge array of exciting timber play products - enhancing the park’s natural environment to the max.

  • 04.03.2011

    Children give Crow Wood Playscape full marks
    Children from Brookside Primary School, High Lane, Nr Stockport got to try out the National Trust’s  new Crow Wood Playscape at Lyme Park when it officially opened in October giving it full marks.


       
  • 07.02.2011
    Whatever happened to the Childhood and Families Taskforce?
    On 17 June 2010, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced the formation of a new Childhood and Families Taskforce (CFT), to be chaired by the Prime Minster. Its remit was to improve the quality of life for children in the UK, which is consistently ranked one of the lowest in Europe (UNICEF) but so far, no clearly defined policy has resulted from it.

 

  • 04.02.2011
    Parkour arrives in the UK
    The latest innovation in extreme sports has hit the UK, after a new range of urban inspired recreational equipment was launched by Lappset Playworld, a leading fitness and play equipment company.

 

  • 03.02.2011

    Snug sparks a Eureka moment!
    Innovative play equipment SNUG can help make the best use of outdoor space at visitor attractions by encouraging creative play in children.    


       
  • 21.01.2011
    Is this the END of play funding?
    The Government has said there are currently no plans to create new capital expenditure funding to replace Labour’s successful Playbuilder/Pathfinder schemes to create new parks in the UK.

 

  • 14.01.2011
    Timberplay launch Maintenance Service
    In response to customer requests Timberplay are delighted to launch a ‘Maintenance Service’ specifically for the upkeep of Timberplay products and playgrounds. With packages to suit all playgrounds dependent on their size and footfall, the Maintenance Service is sure to be popular with organisations and communities wishing to safeguard the future of their investment in play.  

 

  • 12.01.2011
    Fairy Tale Land
    Spielart have recently opened their stunning Fairy Tale themed play area for Haltern in Germany.

 

 

  • 04.01.2011
    Play education review of the year 2010
    A tumultuous year for the country, we’ve witnessed numerous changes. Those in the education, and play sector specifically, have breathed a sigh of relief after escaping the brunt of the worst budget cuts. Highlighted below are the key moments for Playforce and the education sector: 

 

  • 04.01.2011

    The sky's the limit for Notts Sport's new 3G pitch service
    Leading sports surfacing specialist Notts Sport celebrated the official launch of a new state-of-the-art third generation pitch system with a football match featuring stars from Sky Sports.


     

  • 20.12.2010

    Community managed flexible play space
    Communities across the country are being encouraged to embrace an innovation in play equipment following a series of successful play days in the London Borough of Hackney.

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