OPENING HOURS
Tuesdays: 3pm-6.30pm
(SisterHood Project, girls only)
Thursdays: 3pm-5pm
Fridays: 3pm-5pm
Saturdays: 11am-3pm
ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND
Somerford Grove Adventure Playground is HarPA’s main base. Our open-access, free-of-charge play sessions at Somerford Grove are open to young people aged 5yrs-15yrs. The playground features amazing equipment, including a massive slide, a sandpit, a whaler, swings, zip wire and jumping-off platforms.
Young people who use the playground help to build and chose the play equipment, giving them ownership over their space as well as design and construction skills. We host a wide range of activities in the playground including arts & crafts, cooking, climbing, camp-fire & outdoor cooking, nature/sand play, den-building, bike rides, wood-craft and seasonal events.
Below you can browse our current and past play projects, at Somerford Grove and beyond.
Current Projects at Somerford Grove
ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
We run Haringey’s only free adventure playground. Our space and our projects give young people the opportunity to develop, explore and have fun.
Schools Mentoring Programme
Schools mentoring Programme: Haringey Community Gold Partnership (funded by London Mayor’s Office – Young London)
One-to-one and group mentoring sessions based at Somerford grove Adventure Playground to support children and young people struggling to remain in mainstream education.
Somerford Grovers Bike project
Young people and their families meet weekly at Somerford Grove Adventure Playground to learn how to maintain their bikes and gain confidence riding.
SisterHood Project
An innovative, girls-only project that creates a safe, challenging, co-operative space in which girls can experience themselves free from the pressures of ‘being female’. Play activities can engage them in being who they want to be, without judgement or the need to justify.
Campsbourne Play & Youth Project
Open-access provision for young people aged 7-16 yrs. Young people participate in exciting activities including creative projects, tree climbing, den building and team games. This helps develop their physical activity, social skills and resilience.
Past Products
The Quangle Wangle’s Carnival
An arts project that culminated in a parade around the local area showing off the sculptures that the young people had made during workshops.
Street Play
HarPA supported parents and carers to kick start resident-led street play by providing guidance and support online.
Estate Play
HarPA delivered play sessions in local housing estates with our play kits and experienced Playworkers and local resident volunteers throughout the 2016 summer holidays.
Beyond Boundaries
A pre-apprenticeship programme that recruited 7 young people aged 16yrs to 20yrs to design and build a new sand pit play area.