Wellness

July kicked off with the annual Playdale #Team-building event at the Lakeside YMCA North camp, which is located on the gorgeous shores of Lake Windermere in the Lake District. Teams made up of Playdale staff from the different departments took part in a fun-filled morning full of Laser Tag and Geoventure games! The aim of […]

CEOs Chilly Swimming Challenge Following months of preparation, Playdale CEO Barry Leahey took the plunge and participated in the Great North Swim. The money raised will support #Team Playdales chosen good cause for 2022, the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity Children’s Appeal. The official one-mile swim scheduled to be held at Lake Windermere was unfortunately cancelled […]

Develops curiosity Taking the classroom outside and into the playground provides numerous opportunities for children to learn and develop their curiosity. At a young age, children are naturally inquisitive and love getting their hands dirty. Environmental play can provide an ideal setting for many STEM learning opportunities. Children can investigate, observe, and form hypotheses by […]

At Playdale, we take our inspiration from all kinds of play. As adults, whether taking aerobic exercise or practicing a team sport, maintaining a level of fitness is hugely important to health and general wellbeing. However it doesn’t all have to be so serious! As we grow older, we tend to categorise play as childish […]

After what seems like an interminable period of lockdown, things in the UK are beginning to return to normal. Schools and workplaces are reopening, and things are gradually starting to happen again.  While children are back at school, they are also still being kept in control groups. Unavoidably, it’s likely that children’s activity levels have […]

As the Coronavirus pandemic struck the UK and the Government closed playgrounds, Playdale brought project teams together to design products to aid communities and local authorities to open play areas again safely and securely.  PlayClean  Our PlayClean & PlayClean Lite automatic, inclusive hand sanitiser stations allow families to enter any outdoor or indoor public spaces, quickly and thoroughly sanitised […]