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Get a Play Library up and running in your school to nurture early language and development through empowering and inspiring shared family play

Here at Boromi, we’re building a national Network of Play®, for families to discover play within their everyday. We’re doing this through our award-winning and evidence-based early years Play Libraries for education and community settings. Plus, we have partnerships to design bespoke play solutions alongside our advocacy work championing why family play matters.

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Here at Boromi, we’re building a national Network of Play®, for families to discover play within their everyday. We’re doing this through...

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Join the communities already benefitting from starting a Boromi Play Library

You'll get guides and resources on how to bring this idea to life.

There is no funding available for this idea in South Africa, but these resources will still help to make your project happen!

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A new term and a new set of Boromi bags and the excitement is tangible in the classroom!Our Play Library gives the parents a wide range of vocabulary to use when encouraging positive play. Both pupils and parents love taking home the Boromi bags a...

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Boromi Play Library
Caroline Briley
Headteacher at Oaklands Primary School

How to start a project on ChangeX

  • 1

    Create your project page

    Click the green start button to register and set up your project page. It’s quick, free and easy.

  • 2

    Complete a 30 Day Challenge

    Complete simple steps in 30 days to get your project off the ground.

  • 3

    Activate your project

    Follow the 5 Step Guide and your action plan to bring the project to life.

  • 4

    Share impact

    Share impact by posting a summary and photos and completing a survey.

Great for

  • Head teacher, early years lead or classroom teacher within a primary school
  • Nursery manager leading a PVI or maintained nursery setting (3+ years only)
  • Head or early years lead working across a multi academy trust
  • Parent groups looking to support their school with early years play provision
  • Local authority, borough or region based early years leads or managers

Boromi Play Library project essentials

5 Step Guide

  • Find your partners in play
  • Have a call with us
  • Shout about play
  • Launch your Play Library
  • PLAY!

Time

Suggested: We'll kick off with an onboarding call (45 mins) to get you up and running, then you'll need to set aside time to prepare for and host your parent launch session. Once your Play Library is up and running, you'll simply need a little time each week to manage the family borrowing of the bags.

Resources

More information on how to get started and any resources shared by the Boromi Play Library

40 Boromi Play Library projects have already been started

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Meet the Social Innovator

Hello, and a very big welcome to Boromi’s little corner of the inspirational ChangeX universe! I’m Evie, I’m a mum of two, former primary school teacher and founder of the multi-award-winning social enterprise, Boromi (“borrow-me”). We’re a UK-wide, evidence-based Network of Play®.

It might just look like child’s play, but we’re doing some pretty important stuff. Play matters and we’re here to shout about it.

Find out here how you can be a part of our play revolution and get your very own Play Library up and running for your families – we can’t wait to meet you!

Evie Keough

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why a 30 day challenge?

    The 30 Day Challenge was developed by our Team based on our experience working with communities. We’ve learned that the first weeks are critical to build momentum and get off to a good start with any community project. Teams who complete these steps within the first month are much more likely to successfully complete their project!

    The Challenge is a series of simple steps that each applicant has to complete to get their project off the ground and unlock funding, if there is funding currently available for that idea in your region. Steps include watching a video and/or reading content, having a call with a ChangeX team member, forming a team so that you have support, having your first team meeting, sharing a team photo, and sharing a project action plan.

  • What can funding be used for?

    Once funding is received it can be used to cover direct set-up costs of the new community project. For example space rental, insurance fees, seeds and planting materials, tools, training fees; pretty much any materials you might need for a project that benefits your community.

    Funds cannot be used for the costs of work that has already been carried out, costs unrelated to the setup and maintenance of the new project, payments to group members for their work on the project. Funds can’t be used for the promotion of religious causes, non-charitable activities, sponsorship or fundraising events. Please read the terms and conditions for further details.

  • How do I know if there is funding available?

    On idea pages, if there is funding available for the idea in your region you will see “Funding available” and the region listed in the turquoise box. When you first login you will also see a green banner at the top of the screen saying “live funds near you” if there is funding available in your region. The ChangeX homepage will feature those live funds near you.

    A note on the waitlist: when all the funding has been allocated to applicants, new applicants will go on a waitlist. If some applicants that are in the fund don’t successfully complete the 30 Day Challenge their funding will be released and can be then allocated to those on the waitlist. To see if you are going on a waitlist check the main fund page, ideas fully allocated will have the note “Join the waitlist” instead of “Apply to start”.

  • What is ChangeX?

    ChangeX is a platform that connects communities to proven ideas and funding.

    By empowering local changemakers with proven ideas from social innovators and accessible funding from our partners, we aim to build healthier, more inclusive and sustainable communities. Our work is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and together with our partners, we aim to impact 1 billion people globally by 2030.

    • Communities: Get the funding, resources and support you need to start impactful projects in your community.
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