Genius Loci – The aspiration for play space design?

Article published on 24 July 2017

What is our starting point when designing play spaces? The brief, the budget, the environment, the child? In reality, these factors will all have an influence but how should we prioritise them? In truth, they cannot sit in isolation, and to achieve the best outcome we need to be mindful of who we are designing...

15 Years of Fun

Article published on 19 June 2017

I am really pleased to announce the 15th year birthday celebration of Proludic Ltd. Established in the UK in 2002 – we have grown to become one of the biggest play and sports manufacturers in the UK. To give you some background on where we were in the UK back in 2002: Tony Blair was...

A new play area has been opened in the Navy Garden in Rochefort (France)

Article published on 6 June 2017

On the 14th of April, the city of Rochefort (in the French region of Charente-Maritime) organised a very nice opening of a Proludic play area installed in the Navy Garden which overlooks the Royal Rope factory and the Charente river.  In this very popular strolling area, the city wished to renovate the previous play area with...

Celebrating National Children’s Day in Style

Article published on 15 May 2017

National Children’s Day UK (NCDUK) is all about the importance of a healthy childhood and how we need to protect the rights and freedoms of children in order to ensure that they can grow into happy, healthy adults. This year National Children’s Day UK took place on Sunday 14th May and people can run any kind of big or...

Staff from Proludic put the fun back into fundraising

Article published on 12 April 2017

Today, in a bid to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund, the staff at Nottingham’s Proludic donned their best 1940s inspired outfits and held a Great British Sunday Lunch during their lunch hour! Inspired by other recent events that have taken place in homes and pubs across the country the staff at Proludic enjoyed...

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity

Article published on 22 March 2017

We love what we do at Proludic because we know firsthand the difference our equipment can make to people’s lives. Last week we had the pleasure of attending a site opening at Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity in Cardiff where they had installed a few items of Proludic equipment in their garden – a train,...

Proludic Helping the Nation get Active

Article published on 22 March 2017

A guide to the new Sport England Towards an Active Nation strategy and funding. 4 areas that can be directly linked back to play and sports facilities: Tackling inactivity Families Fund (Now superseded the Active Ageing) Children and young people Facilities (Community Asset Fund) Next Steps and Additional Resources Contact Proludic at marketing@proludic.co.uk for any help...

Smile

Article published on 16 March 2017

Creator of Play Equipment, Creator of Emotions Slideshow Proludic – 100 Smileys in 1’30” ! from Proludic on Vimeo. At Proludic we always put children at the heart of all our designs, products and installations. Our primary motivation is to provide children all over the world with playgrounds that offer fun, challenges and a multitude...

Great New Site Opening at Harpenden

Article published on 28 February 2017

We were really pleased to attend the community site opening for Harpenden Town Council at Westfield Recreation Ground this month. Harpenden undertook a £68,000 refurbishment to improve the popular recreation ground and are thrilled to have worked alongside them. It is always lovely to see new play facilities opened and the impact this has on...

Introducing the new Kidzy range

Article published on 10 February 2017

A new addition to Proludic’s multi-play units is the Kidzy range, with its simple structures aimed at children from 2 years onwards, and offering good value for money. The range also has a strong visual identity, inspired by the zen Japanese gardens and pagodas. Offering the usual high level of quality, the key objective was...

Inspiring Inclusive Play Area Delivered in Stockton

Article published on 20 December 2016

Proludic is really proud to have recently installed a new play area for the Daisy Chain Project in Stockton. Daisy Chain is a unique charity that addresses the needs of children on the autism spectrum and their families. The £120,000 development was put in place to provide an opportunity for families to experience a genuine sense of...