Rotary Donates £1000 to Isle of Play Charity – January 2024

To find out more about the Isle of Play Charity – visit https://www.isleofplay.im/

Life should be enjoyed

It’s no secret that children’s play has declined significantly in our communities.  When you look outside how many children do you see playing in your street and local park without a supervising adult?  This decline is due in part to increased levels of traffic, perceptions around safety and stranger danger and changing social expectations about children and parenting.  This decline is to the detriment of children and their communities and Isle of Play have a vision to give children back their childhoods and make the Isle of Man the greatest place in the world for children to play and grow.

Why play?

Play is how children navigate and experience the world and best of all it’s great fun!  It’s also vitally important to their health and wellbeing… it’s no coincidence that the decline in children’s play has coincided with deteriorating levels of mental health and increased levels of childhood obesity.  Play is directly linked to positive physical, emotional and mental health and Isle of Play want every child on the Isle of Man to be able to access great play opportunities on their doorstep.

Each Year Isle of Play work with over 10,000 children through its Forest Schools, School Holiday Play Schemes and the Lester’s Yard Adventure Playground in Douglas.

In the past our Rotary Club has worked with Isle of Play to help build a fence around the adventure playground at Victoria Road School in Castletown.