Kerry O’Connor

Islington Play Association

Kerry O’Connor is currently Playground Coordinator of Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground for Islington Play Association. O’Connor plays a role in facilitating free play for under-privileged children, helping them to grow and develop whilst having fun.

Lumpy Hill Adventure Playground is a warm, welcoming space where children can run free, have water fights, help out in the vegetable garden and join in the kick about. The space is created just for children and it is children who decide what happens each day from using hammers and nails to building new structures to cooking homemade pizza in the outdoor clay oven. We have a lovely campfire area where we enjoy each other’s company and tell stories of adventure and sing songs.

Kerry is interested in child psychology, and stays up to date to better help the children and families that she encounters in her work. She says that the best thing about working at IPA is listening to children