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The Importance of Role Models in STEM: Remembering the Work of Dr Jane Goodall

by Anna Short | 5th October 2025 | Advocacy | 0 Comments

In light of the passing of Dr Jane Goodall, we reflect upon the importance of diverse role models, particularly within STEM careers. STEM role models serve as inspiration for young people, especially underrepresented groups, by demonstrating that success in STEM fields is attainable regardless of who you are.

Jane Goodall is in the center of the photo holding her monkey plushie, while children are surrounding her to touch the plushie

🎯 Who holds the power to decide how and where children play?

by Marie A | 7th August 2025 | Advocacy, In the Media, Resources | 0 Comments

🎯 Who holds the power to decide how and where children play?Earlier this week, while researching for an article, I searched for images of people playing ball games in Nigeria. I’d heard about the growing popularity of table tennis there 🏓 and wanted to explore it...

Can demonstrate the value of play to quality of life? The Play Prosperity Model

by Marie A | 29th May 2025 | Advocacy, Resources | 0 Comments

To thrive where you are right now? Play is an innate behaviour that brings us joy, spurs creativity, empowers us to connect, builds our resilience, our strength, our care for others. Yet somehow economic growth, how much we earn or have saved away, is so often seen as...

Social Inequalities, Healthier Cities, and Greenspaces

by Anna Short | 30th April 2025 | Advocacy, Resources | 0 Comments

What are urban green spaces? More than half of the global population resides in urban areas, and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that everyone should live within 300 meters of green spaces. Urban green areas, such as parks and green paths, serve various...

Reimagining Play for a Diverse and Equitable Future

by Marie A | 24th March 2025 | Advocacy, Play Design, Resources | 0 Comments

Presenting on decolonising play in a modern age during the 2025 national playwork conference last week encouraged our CEO, Marie Williams to dig deeper into what it practically looks like to dismantle knowledge systems in the life of someone who has dedicated there...

A Year in Review 2024

by Marie A | 30th January 2025 | Collaborations, Play Design, Project Updates, Resources | 0 Comments

We are very excited to share our year in review for 2024 Click the link below for a full copy of our year in review Dream Networks- Year in review 2024 What a year 2024 was; 🥳 Over 3000 people experiencing our playful exhibitions 🥳 150 children actively engaged as...

We love Kujenga

by Marie A | 14th July 2023 | Advocacy, Play Design | 0 Comments

What do you think or feel when you hear the word Jenga, perhaps if you understand Kiswahili, you might say 'Kujenga', Build, or if you are my 3-year-old son, you would say 'Fun times with Mummy' or if you are me, you might quietly feel determined. Over the last week,...

Play is Everywhere

by Marie A | 15th March 2023 | Advocacy, Play Design | 0 Comments

Recently we have been considering what it looks like to simply embrace the truth that play is everywhere after listening to Ronan Healy in a Design Thinking 101 podcast on creating together. Play is in the car, pointing out many diggers pass by (well at least that's...

An image of a young child playing with a toy in the sand, with zebras in the distance

We are bringing children’s dreams of chilling out and playing to a reality in Birmingham

by Marie A | 5th May 2021 | Play Design, Project Updates | 0 Comments

We are happy to announce that we have begun to build a new play area in collaboration with Tony Gee. This particular project will take place in the hometown of our partners - Birmingham, more precisely, in its inner-city borough of Ladywood. Rich in history, Ladywood...

paper and colourful clay designs are spread out on a school table

Accentuating mishaps into beauty

by Marie A | 17th September 2019 | Play Design | 0 Comments

Recently we were faced with a build dilemma which resulted in a rather wonky looking sandpit shelter in the Early Years (EYS) play area of an inner city London school we have the privilege to be creating a play area for Rather wonky sand pit shelter After...