Stories of Award Winners

Parent Action for Safe Play (PASP) campaigned to turn a local derelict brownfield sight into a multi-purpose play area and in 1999 a playpark opened which still exists today. That was just the start of the story and in the years since they have provided play...

Best Play Space, 2013 Duthie Park has become a multi-awarding winning environment since its £5 million restoration completed in 2013 with visitor numbers reaching over a million per year. The parkland of 44 acres was donated to the city by Miss Duthie in 1880 and...

Nancy Ovens Awards, 2015 - “Play area that demonstrates the best in community involvement” Selkirk’s Pringle Park playpark was completely transformed thanks to a major redevelopment led by the local community, one hundred years after the former farmland site was first...

Best Play Experience 2013 Free Range in Fife improve the quality of life for vulnerable primary school-aged children through outdoor play. The Free Range base camp is deep in the woods and hosts two giant tipi tents, a large sheltered communal area, wood burning stove...

Nancy Ovens Outstanding Contribution to Play Award 2007 Eoropie Dunes Park is set in stunning sandy dunes and natural machair (grassland) in the far north of the Isle of Lewis. It is a unique play space for children, community members and visitors of all ages. The...

Family and Community Development (FCDWL) is a double Nancy Ovens Award winner, first awarded in 2004 for its Range Adventure Playground and then again for ‘Best Play Experience’ in 2012. Children get to do things here they don’t get to do anywhere else. The Range is...