Weavers Adventure Playground started in 1974.
During the summer holidays, children and play scheme workers from Oxford House built structures from “old junk” on a piece of waste land next to Weavers field park.
A group of parents known as the Weavers Adventure Playground Group at Oxford House worked with the Tower Hamlets Council to turn this piece of waste land into an adventure playground.
Parents wanted their children to have a safe enclosed space to play rather than in an open space like a park. They wanted to involve people in the community in running the adventure playground.
This is how Weavers began.
Clip 1 – Errol Wynter: Parents securing a closed-off piece of waste land.
The start of Weavers Adventure playground as a permanent site was marked by the creation of a building (still present to this day).
The funds for this building were secured by a fundraising committee at Oxford House which included members of the community.
Clip 2 – Brian Williams: Oxford House and fundraising for the building at Weavers.
An adventure playground is a space where children can have fun, create things, and share ideas with each other. It is where youth workers nurture ambitions and creativity.
Clip 3 – Jack Anderson: Meaning and purpose of Weavers.
Clip 4 - An alternative source of education for young people.
