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Category: Playing Out

Welcome to ProjectBrum

July 3, 2017 Sam Humphries Leave a comment

For a project that is still in its pioneering days, ProjectBrum has already proven itself as a well organised scheme…

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Posted in: Playing Out, Project Brum, Reports

Canalside walk for Heritage

June 21, 2017 marcusbelben Leave a comment

Walking along Birmingham Canals, of which they’re really are more than Venice, you might question how and why these canals…

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Posted in: Playing Out, Reports, Space Stories

With RoSPA 100 years on

May 26, 2017 marcusbelben Leave a comment

On a dusty sunny day we entered in through that front gate of Buckingham Palace.  We were ushered across the…

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Interview with John Hill-Daniel, from Playing Out to Active Streets

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Playing Out began in Birmingham 2013. Here’s an interview with John Hill-Daniel who helped coordinate in those early years. How…

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Posted in: Playing Out, Projects Filed under: Interview

Playing out spreading out

May 17, 2017 marcusbelben Leave a comment

It’s great to be a part of the larger playing out community – in the UK, Leeds, Bristol, Hackney and a…

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Posted in: Playing Out, Projects Filed under: Street play

Co-constructors of healthy habits

May 12, 2017 marcusbelben Leave a comment

Obesity in the UK govt statistics 2015 Obesity in young people and children is on the rise – it’s widespread,…

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Posted in: Playing Out, Reports, Space Stories Filed under: Obesity, Social media

Reasons to stop idling

May 10, 2017 marcusbelben Leave a comment

Our car breakdown cover provided us with a nice new car for a few days which had an ‘automatic start-stop‘…

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Posted in: Events, Playing Out, Project Brum Filed under: Birmingham, Clean Air Day

Four Years of Playing Out in Birmingham

April 20, 2017 marcusbelben Leave a comment

When a new street becomes an ActiveStreet, Playing Out for the first time like Main Street in Sparkbrook, it’s hard…

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Posted in: Playing Out, Projects, Reports Filed under: flytipping, Main Street, Picnic, Playing out

Making changes on Main Street

April 4, 2017 marcusbelben Leave a comment

You could guess what problems there are on Main Street in Sparkbrook, but the only way to understand them is…

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Posted in: Playing Out, Reports Filed under: Active Streets, Main Street, Sparkbrook

Taking litter picking to the next level

March 30, 2017 marcusbelben 2d Comments

It all started on Swan Corner when Oz, the Neighbourhood watch man thought we could do something about it.  He…

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Posted in: Playing Out, Swan Corner Filed under: Litter picking

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