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Growing Adventures

The Growing Adventures Projects

Welcome to Growing Adventures! These are two Big Lottery funded projects aimed at increasing play opportunities in Basing Wood (Basingstoke) and Stoke Park (Eastleigh). The Projects intend to help provide richer play experiences for children and young people through exploration and creative play.

Natural Play has fantastic benefits for children, physically, socially, emotionally and creatively. Growing Adventures aims to bring all the benefits associated with rural play environments to children growing up in an urban environment.

The Links on the left will take you through to either the Basing Wood or Stoke Park Growing Adventures page. Here you will find more information on the specific aims of each project and also how you can get involved.

Children running on a path through bluebells'Wild Play' in the forest - Pulling Faces