Free to Play projects in
Nova Scotia

• Waycobah First Nation

  • Free play and experiential learning infrastructure on the site of the upcoming Judy Googoo Memorial Long House

• Baddeck Community Club Park

  • Newly acquired greenspace, centrally located, to be transformed into a free play space publicly available and maintained

• Municipality of Inverness

  • Get Active Beach Boxes - with toys, games, and tools - will be introduced to several Inverness publicly available beaches.

• Antigonish Challenger Baseball

  • Creating meaningful social and physical engagement opportunities for children with differing abilities.

• Pictou Landing First Nation

  • Publicly available play boxes, community engagement, and staff supports to promote risky play.

• youthLEADarts

  • Co-designing trail improvements at remote community hall to include LEAD values (Listen, Empathize, Act, and Drive).

• Ummah Society

  • Introducing equity training to increase safe public play spaces in communities with high number of Muslim and/or Black Muslim families.

• Para Power Play Association

  • Purchasing specialized equipment to empower children with mobility challenges to experience ice time with other children.

• North Shore Community Connections Society

  • Promoting outdoor play in Tatamagouche during school closures and summer months - ensuring outdoor play year round.

• Maggie’s Place

  • Hosting outdoor, child-led play in multiple communities across Cumberland and Colchester counties.

• Sipekne’katik

  • Using the Seven Sacred Teachings, participants will learn how to support intergenerational, unstructured play in keeping with Mi’kmaq culture.

• Hants Shore Childcare Association

  • Creating a new go-to location for free play on the site of a future childcare facility.

• Annapolis Valley First Nation

  • Improvement and expansion to existing Medicine Trail to include engagement stations along the route to encourage use of trail.

• Glooscap First Nation

  • Expand existing outdoor recreational assets to increase childhood participation in risky play.

• Falmouth District Elementary School

  • Aging and unsafe playground equipment is being replaced with trails and free play spaces.

• Brier Island Foundation

  • Very isolated island community infrastructure to encourage outdoor play for people of all ages.

• Thomas Peters Cultural Interactive Trail

  • Creating a trailhead and Africentric outdoor classroom setting at the location of the Jordantown Acaciaville Conway Centre of Excellence.

• Centre d’appui à la petite enfance de la Nouvelle-Écosse

  • Free play spaces located at two Acadian Francophone schools and childcare centres.

• Little Discoveries via Little Harbour & Area Social Society

  • Reducing access to free outdoor play in 3rd spaces by providing supports and weather appropriate gear for children lacking it.

• New Ross Family Resource Centre

  • Community engagement to co-design trail and risky/free play components to be shared by community centre and school.

• Turkey Tails Forest School

  • Providing Forest School experiences for students in the mainstream school system via extensive school partnerships.

• Trailblazer Outdoor Afterschool via Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation

  • Making use of publicly available and natural 3rd spaces adjacent to schools to provide exposure to unstructured play in nature.

• Free to Play from Forest to Shore via The Deanery Project

  • Safety and enrichment upgrades to existing free/risky play area on site at this historic demonstration village.

• FUNsports Expansion via FUNsport (Funding Underserved Neighbourhoods)

  • Exposure to a variety of styles of sports and games via non-competitive play with sports equipment in predominantly African Nova Scotian communities.