Let Grow Play Club went very well, we marketed it through the local community where a group of children designed a poster and we constructed a leaflet that was printed and delivered to 300 houses. we also got a live interview on a local radio station that helped us advertise. on the day we had two photographers come along one free lancer for Facebook and another a newspaper who later done a feature in the newspaper.
lots of the local community showed up on the day with children of all ages, parents commented how nice it was to have an event for all ages in one area. we had various activities the most popular were the dressing up (we had got most of this from charity shops) the children really enjoyed it. The loose parts/arts and crafts were well used giving the children the opportunity to freely choose what they would like. we had resources from our local library which were magnetic pieces the children enjoyed many different ways of using these to construct. The babies really enjoyed the sensory Play which was different materials, paint, water, cars, treasure baskets. A very successful day was had from children, parents and volunteers.

Fantastic event all went to plan
The funding was used for resource's to be purchased. Arts & Crafts, loose parts, sports equipment. local families came along discussing how nice it was to see children out and playing using natural resources and loose parts, children led their own play.

Our Event Poster developed by local children

Lets Grow Play Club MN is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 16th August 2-4 pm at Oriel Park opposite Teach NA Daone
we will be targeting this event for the 300 families that live in the community and surrounding areas
The team met to organise an action plan and set targets, the team will meet again prior to the event and after the event to evaluate
we took on board a group of children to design the leaflet and plan ideas of activities that they would like available.
Budget we will be purchasing Large equipment, Giant Jenga, Connect 4 and other resources with the seed funding
Covid 19 safety plan will be in place following local guidelines and providing sanitizer stations to keep everyone involved safe
There are 300 families that live in the community
our goal is to provide a play opportunity for 50 children on the day of the event and to increase the awareness of have to offer children freely chosen play
we have chose a local play park for our location which also has plenty of open space for free play opportunities, no permission is required but we have made the necessary authorities aware of what we will be hosting
we will be providing the following
Large Garden Games (Jenga & Connect 4)
Loose Parts
Arts & Crafts
Paint
Skipping
Ball Games, bats, frisbies
Den Building
Sensory Play

team photo

To bring play opportunities to all ages within a local community, seeding funds will be used to purchase play equipment. Lets Grow Play Club is scheduled for 16th August 2pm-4pm in 'Teach na Daoine' Monaghan. Working together with other local groups and agencies to give children the best play opportunities possible

The aim of Lets Grow Play Club MN is provide a safe environment and resources for children to access freely chosen play