Thank you: Outdoor Creative Play Govan is now fully funded!

Tue 10th June 2025

We are delighted to let you know that Outdoor Creative Play Govan is now fully funded and will go ahead this summer 2025 at Elder Park! 🎨🌿☀️

What is Outdoor Creative Play Govan?

In May 2025, Impact Arts launched a fundraising campaign to secure crucial funds for Outdoor Creative Play Govan.

This programme is a six-week-long playscheme set to take place at Elder Park. To give 60 children an amazing summer, we were up against the clock to fill a substantial gap in funding.

Thank you for your kind support!

Thanks to the help of the public and local organisations, Outdoor Creative Play Govan has now received the full funding required!

From the whole team at Impact Arts, we would like to extend a huge thank you to YOU – all the kind supporters who made donations and helped us spread the word.

A huge thank you goes to Glasgow City Council, Govan Housing Association, Linthouse Housing Association, and JSM McNaught Charitable Trust whose contributions helped us make this project possible.

Thank you also to Sunny Govan Radio, Glasgow Times, and That’s TV Glasgow for sharing this story.

What’s involved in Outdoor Creative Play?

Outdoor Creative Play is for primary school children aged 5-11 in Govan who are: living in poverty; experiencing hardship or trauma; struggling with behavioural difficulties; have low mood, anxiety or low levels of physical activity; or struggling to making friends at school.

In this programme, children have the opportunity to:

  • Create abstract sculptures from organic material
  • Build birds’ nests and dens in Elder Park
  • Take part in forest treasure hunts
  • Engage in storytelling and painting with mud
  • Enjoy a nutritious meal
  • Play outside and learn about nature
  • Make friends with other children

We’re so grateful to everyone who supported this campaign to give 60 children a summer to remember! Every like, comment, share, and donation – big or small – made this possible.

Impact Arts is a community arts charity based in Scotland. Since 1994, we’ve been delivering creative arts and support programmes for children, young people, adults, families, and older people who are facing disadvantages or barriers to progress in life. Our mission is to tackle inequalities, address poverty, and transform lives through the power of art and creativity.  

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