How it all began

Groundwork playscape has developed into the UK’s largest showcase play space. It has featured at the External Works Event in Birmingham and RHS Hampton Court Flower Show.

 

The Playscape story began with a scribble on a beer mat and moved swiftly on to some fairly challenging meetings, which sought to confront ingrained perceptions of ‘play’.

 

Groundwork attended a Play England round table discussion at Parliament Square in January 2007 and gained high level political support, including Baroness Estelle Morris and Frank Dobson MP.

 

Sketches, plasticine models, sections and 3D CAD models followed, including a life-size layout constructed in a sponsors warehouse.