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UK Community Play Fund

£82,115 | United Kingdom
Bring proven ideas to your community

Proven ideas and funding for your community

Play is critical for children’s well-being and skills development and we can all play a role in building more playful communities. Supported by the LEGO Foundation, this £80,000 fund is dedicated to helping you create more playful experiences for children in your community, school or neighbourhood across the UK.

How it works
  • Apply below and register to get your project page
  • Use your project page to complete the 30 Day Challenge
  • Submit a photo and your action plan
  • Once you're active let us know what impact you are having in your community
Who can apply
  • You want to start a ChangeX idea to improve your local community
  • You're passionate about providing learning through play opportunities for children in your community
  • You are an individual, an existing local group or a community organisation
What you get
  • Seed funding to start your selected idea
  • Free starter resource pack, mentorship and technology tools to get started
  • Additional impact funding, once you report back on the social impact of your active project

Explore ideas

Choose an idea to start in your community. See terms & conditions.
This fund has closed for applications. You can still start ideas without funding, or check for other live funds in your area.
  • KABOOM!

    Turn everyday places into playspaces through Play Everywhere.

  • PlayMaker

    Developing confidence and resilience through the medium of play

  • Tales Toolkit

    Interactive, child-led storytelling toolkit for schools transforming everyday situations into imaginative worlds.

  • Parent Meet-Ups

    Bring together parents and caregivers from your community by starting a meet up to share parenting tips, ideas and play inspiration

  • My Mini Growing Space

    Create your own 'mini' woodland & edible teaching garden! For schools, churches, libraries, communities centres and groups!

  • TastEd

    TastEd is a charity that provides practical support to UK primary schools to deliver sensory food education.

  • DIY Radio - Radio Local Broadcasters Club

    Welcome to Radio Local Broadcasters Club where you get to make a radio show, harnessing the skills to do so and celebrating where you are from.

  • Earth Cubs Plogging Clubs

    Bring climate, sustainability and environmental education into your local schools, and enhance community impact with your own Plogging Club!

  • EasyPeasy for Practitioners

    Discover the power to create lasting impact in the lives of young learners and their families through EasyPeasy

  • Play Day

    A playful event in communities that celebrates the skills, resources and personalities inherent to the people that live and play there.

  • Kitcamp

    Children build their own imaginative play spaces and then rebuild and start again

  • Urban Thinkscape

    Transform a public space in your community into a joyful learning opportunity.

  • Fraction Ball

    Fraction Ball repaints the lines on a standard basketball court to help children learn fractions and decimals.

184 people have already joined the
#UKCommunityPlayFund

Start something today

“At the LEGO Foundation we believe that local communities have the power to nurture the best in children. Through the collective actions of passionate individuals, driven by a shared vision and a deep understanding of local needs, these communities can make a difference and ensure a lasting impact. We are excited to support more local communities in their efforts to ensure children learn through play and develop holistic skills that will help them to thrive in life.”

  • Netsanet Belay, Vice President at the LEGO Foundation
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