"Meriden Adventure Playground is a community playground in the heart of Chelmsley Wood facilitating playwork, youthwork and other opportunities for children, young people and families in surrounding areas.Strongly rooted in our local community, what MAPA offers is much broader than 'Adventure Play'. We offer open access youth sessions, enabling positive engagement with young people from across the area. Our youth group is well attended with over 200 members. Between April & October last year, 40% of our young people attended more than 50% of sessions which is a fantastic retention rate for youth provision locally.

In addition to our youth work, we offer 4 fully staffed open play sessions a week - these are after school and on Saturdays 1-5.30pm. Open play will often be attended by parents and family members and is a fantastic opportunity for community based work. Many parents come to MAPA as a first port of call due to the positive relationships we have. At MAPA, staff can support with referring to a wide range of agencies including Multi-Agency Safeguarding, Social Care, FoodBanks, debt advice and we also we have our own 'Swap Shop' Community resource for helping families out with clothing, toys and equipment."