Always free, for everyone


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We are utterly committed to our sessions being completely free and inclusive to everyone. Play is the right of every child and shouldn’t be commodified as a product to be sold. Therefore we rely on grants and donations to keep our sessions free. If you are able, please donate here - money raised will go towards purchasing resources and new equipment, or extra play sessions.

Our free play sessions aim to address inequality by being accessible to families who may have little disposable income to spend on children's activities, and provide the chance to play in a much needed green space, especially for those living in overcrowded housing with no outside space of their own. Our regular play sessions happen in the boroughs of Islington, Newham and Camden, all of which have high levels of child poverty.

  • Cardboard boxes (especially BIG ones), art and craft supplies.   

  • Fabric, sheets, old curtains.   

  • Toy dinosaurs/animals, cars, dressing-up clothes, dump trucks/diggers, ride-ons, push toys, paddling pools, garden play equipment, ball pool balls, play tents.  

  • Mud kitchen items - pots, pans and utensils, real kitchen appliances like kettles, scales, coffee makers, microwaves. Small water butts, spades.   

  • Household items, for example computer keyboards, telephones, typewriters, briefcases, handbags, picnic hampers.   

  • Tools, nails, wood off-cuts.  

  • Random things! Could be storage boxes, buckets, yoga blocks, gym balls, baby baths, shopping trolley frames, mannequins, acrylic mirrors, shelves, step stools, cot frames, guttering, wheels, tyres, crates, pallets.   

  • Spare clothes, waterproofs and wellies for messy play and rainy days.

We also welcome donations of resources and equipment! We're happy to take anything you think might be interesting to play with. You can bring donations along to either of our sessions but if you have anything large or heavy please get in touch first to check we have space.
Here are some examples of items we would welcome:

  • “Having this free activity locally is brilliant as towards the end of the month especially, we don’t have the funds to pay for activities. Every borough would benefit from a ‘make do play’!”

    - Parent

  • “I can’t believe it's free, it makes it so open and accessible for everyone. It's such a breath of fresh air, so much child play is unaffordable. It just means that no one is excluded - everyone can come and join in without worrying if they can pay for it.”

    - Parent

  • "I'm so grateful for the experiences that my child wouldn't normally get"

    - Parent

  • “It's free to access and so welcoming. So much doesn’t feel like it's open to parents like me, I want to get the word out about this, and see more opportunities like it for parents and children.”

    - Parent

  • “My Son adores it and often talks about the ‘garden’. We don’t have a garden so having a nice enclosed space with a garden feel is so appreciated.”

    - Parent

  • "Makes you wonder why there are no more places like this in this gigantic London of thousand opportunities. An oasis of happiness."

    - Parent