Proludic Ltd Archives - Page 2 of 3

Enhancing Community Spaces

Article published on 24 July 2017

‘Three-quarters of UK children spend less time outdoors than prison inmates. This statement came out of a recent survey published (commissioned by the brand Persil as a part of its “Dirt is Good” campaign) and is a pretty damning indictment for today’s children. Paradoxically within the same survey 98% of parents polled agreed that play...

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...

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...

Britons would forego Team GB Olympic gold in favour of better access to sport

Article published on 6 March 2017

Last week we heard how YouGov had commissioned a survey to 2000 adults in February 2017 regarding sport participation and facilities within the UK. What it highlighted was that the public feels uninspired by recent team GB sports performances and finds facilities in the UK poor and expensive – which is creating a barrier to...

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...

Proludic shortlisted in prestigious RICs awards

Article published on 27 February 2017

Proludic are really pleased to have been shortlisted for the second year in the highly renowned RICs (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) awards for the North West. Our 15 site green gym for Knowsley Council which is an outdoor fitness centre of excellence in the North has been confirmed as a shortlisted entry for the...