yellow box of joy

Totally love this idea for a Play Cafe in York - we should all find a few £ to help make it happen crowdfunder.co.uk/dinosaurs-love…

What’s this I hear about another Playbox?

Huddersfield visitor, worker, dweller? Get involved in this, @EmmaMBearman and her team do a fab job of every playful adventure they turn their hand to and are brilliant listeners, go tell them your playful thoughts

Would love a trip out to one or more of Rotherham’s Parks

Thank you @createsculpt for your brilliant creative intervention in Leeds city centre - just what my wee one needed after being trapped on a warm train from glasgow on way to hospital check up. You are ⭐️ 🌟

I was awake earlier than usual last Sunday morning, literally painting the streets, for the #PlayOutTilTea event near Rotton Park with James Meta Art 🎨🚸 Great to see the smiling faces of youngsters dancing on the road between the colourful shapes. #forthekids #StreetArt

@GOOSENSEI @ImpactHubBrum @urbansplash @exsanguinator @ImmyKaur @urban_splash @amyrozelmartin @AliBaskerville @TomBloxhamMBE @PlayfulLeeds We might ‘borrow’ the idea to chalk the street with complementary colours again if you don’t mind?

@ImpactHubBrum @playbox002 @urbansplash @exsanguinator @ImmyKaur @urban_splash @amyrozelmartin @AliBaskerville @TomBloxhamMBE @PlayfulLeeds It was a great event to be part of and I really enjoyed decorating the road. It was so good to see the youngsters enjoying the bright colours and dancing over the shapes. 🌈🌞

Before, during and after on Rotton Park Street, Ladywood. No cars here today, just play. A huge thank you to every single person who joined us from down the road, brought their families and friends, those further afield, @playbox002, @UrbanSplash & so many more to #PlayOutTilTea.

Here we are @PortLoop with @playbox002 thanks to @ImpactHubBrum

@EmmaMBearman We were very sad to see @playbox002 go, but what an amazing joy to have you with us in Birmingham! We're so inspired by your commitment & deep exploration of play, through #RadicalChildcare & recently #PlayOutTilTea, so it's been incredible to have a piece of @PlayfulLeeds magic.

@cherina82 @ImpactHubBrum @urbansplash @exsanguinator @ImmyKaur @urban_splash @amyrozelmartin @AliBaskerville @GOOSENSEI @TomBloxhamMBE @PlayfulLeeds It was pure delight! Next time Cherry

@ImpactHubBrum @playbox002 @urbansplash @exsanguinator @ImmyKaur @urban_splash @amyrozelmartin @AliBaskerville @GOOSENSEI @TomBloxhamMBE @PlayfulLeeds Didn’t make this today due to other plans but looked like a brilliant engaging day (especially with @playbox002 involved) ☺️

@ImpactHubBrum @ImmyKaur @playingout @playbox002 @PlayfulLeeds @amyrozelmartin @GOOSENSEI @smokingbagels @goodygujarati @EmmaMBearman Great initiative! Well done to everyone involved. Wonderful to see our communities come together to reclaim public spaces.

A play street is a happy street. At the heart of #PlayOutTilTea is a road closure, reclaiming the street as a safe place for children and grown ups to play, ride, jump rope, make things, draw on the floor. Find out more about how to make this happen on your street at @playingout.

Wooo hooooo! We are going to Birmingham with @playbox002 and the Wonderdome on the 21st July. Windmill making and super saturated colourfulness. We will be playing out til tea

When we tried, over a few years to get to the bottom of the impact of plastic toys upon landfill/recycling we’ve struggled to get any adequate sense of the scale/data (for our @playbox002 Toybox project) Cc @ZeroWasteLeeds @PaulChatterton9 @TheSocBiz

@nataliewalton78 @EmmaMBearman @ImpactHubBrum @jon_sleigh Ha! We are overdue a meet up!

@EmmaMBearman @ImpactHubBrum @playbox002 Say hello to lovely Brum and of amazing @jon_sleigh is around make him play!!!

Wooooooooooooo we are so excited to be joining @ImpactHubBrum for this awesome day of play on 21st July - taking @playbox002 windmills and Wonderdome with Len & Bunty to be part of something gorgeous.

I’d love to set a design challenge to create extra dry space for @Playbox01 & @playbox002 with the criteria that we can make paper windmills outside without all the paper flying away. Would also love to create & harness power from super sized gorgeous windmills

Recently: Me: "What's '#youthwork'?" Audience (c. 30 - 40 'youth workers'): prolonged silence Me: "Come on ... " Audience member: "Working with young people?" Me: "Like a GP, or Police Officer ... or Teacher?" Audience: more silence Not a criticism, more a Q about training ...