Big Porridge & Play

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Big Porridge & Play Glasgow (BPPG) was first launched in 2017, bringing diverse groups of families together in Ruchill, the Gorbals and Whiteinch for intergenerational imaginary play, food and connection. Licketyspit’s Storyplay sessions are based on the Lickety Playcard repertoire and grounded in children’s rights, equality and the belief that everyone is creative and everyone wants to play! Thanks to the National Lottery, BPPG has been running for almost 6 years with blocks of weekly sessions in 6 Glasgow communities and city-wide.

Since 2020 we have also been delivering Big Porridge & Play onlineSee below to find out more!

What is Big Porridge & Play?

BIG PORRIDGE & PLAY GLASGOW is a unique Storyplay project for families with children under 12. BPPG 2017-19 was funded by the BIG Lottery (now called The National Lottery Community Fund) and took place for 7/8-week blocks in April-June in the Glasgow communities of Ruchill, Whiteinch and the Gorbals. Families met in large groups for Porridge & Play sessions – imaginary Storyplay games and activities, healthy delicious meals and reflective drawings.

Porridge & Play was developed in response to parents and carers in north Glasgow whose children participated in LicketyLeap. They were astonished and delighted at their children’s confidence and creativity. They asked us, ‘how can we do more of this?!’

Porridge & Play was our response.

Porridge & Play is based on the Licketyspit repertoire of 38 games, rhymes, songs, traditional streetplay and imaginary play. It is designed for children and adults, to encourage continuing intergenerational play.

Each Porridge & Play session begins with a group meal including lots of delicious fruit, porridge for breakfast or homemade soup for lunch. Licketyspit actor-pedagogues then lead a fun and relaxed play session full of fantastic games, songs and imaginary play. The sessions are carefully crafted to develop children’s creativity, social skills, confidence and relationships. We regularly consult children and their adults about how we can improve and develop the sessions.

The games are illustrated in the Lickety Playcards, a set of 32 cards with song words, game instructions and colourful illustrations.

BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow brings families together in their local community centre for an 7-week block of Porridge & Play culminating in a Celebration Sharing Event.

Where do we play?

Click on the links to visit each Porridge & Play Hub’s page.

BPPG 2024- Govan, Cranhill, Bridgeton, Whiteinch, Castlemilk, Maryhill & & Online

2024 is the 8th year of Big Porridge & Play Glasgow. Local families can join Porridge & Play Hub sessions this Spring in Maryhill, Cranhill and Bridgeton, alongside Online Family Sessions and in August/September we will be back in Govan, Whiteinch and Castlemilk.

Picnic & Plays in July will prepare us all for our second STORYPLAY FESTIVAL with ur new partner, the wonderful Kelvin Meadow/Children’s Wood where we will be celebrating the 20th Birthday of Licketyspit – 20 years of children’s rights-led child consultation to develop Storyplay which is still opening doors to imaginary playworlds to unlock the limitless possibilities of children, families & everyone else!

BPPG 23 – Govan, Cranhill, Bridgeton, Whiteinch, Castlemilk, Maryhill & Online

In the 7th year of Big Porridge & Play Glasgow we were lucky enough to be supported by Lottery Community to continue with our Hubs, partners and families at CDT in Cranhill, St Francis’s Bridgeton, Castlemilk Library and Online, and to return to Whiteinch Library and move our Maryhill Hub to Woodside Library! Three Library Hubs let us explore more Bookplay. Our CFN producer created wonderful Hub Zine’s to celebrate each community.

Our fabulous Storyplay Champion families co-hosted these hub sessions & we had wonderful Picnic & Plays at the Tall Ship, Kelvin Meadow/Children’s Wood, at Balloch Country Park and Troon beach! In December we had a fantastic Winter Ceilidh – see Taz’s film about it here!


BPPG 2022 – Govan, Whiteinch, Ruchill & Online

In the 6th year of Big Porridge & Play Glasgow, we did some more online sessions and we went back to Whiteinch Library.

We moved locations in Ruchill, to the Golf Pavillion, as the community centre wasn’t open. We also took the project to Govan for the first time! We had a fabulous time at the Pearce Institute where the wonderful Bimbo, Toby, Dami, Amir and Ameen were our Storyplay Champions.

We welcomed 26 new families to the Licketyspit community, as well as seeing some fabulous familiar faces! Film coming soon!

BPPG Outdoors 2021

In 2021 we continued to deliver Porridge & Play online, and also did some outdoor sessions in parks around Glasgow, as face to face sessions became possible.

BPPG Online 2020

Licketyspit worked hard to adapt our projects to support families to keep playing during the pandemic.

We were very excited to deliver BPPG as an ONLINE project in 2020 via Zoom, with closed community sessions on weekdays as well as open sessions for families across Glasgow every Saturday.

Groups of up to 30 families meet for 90 minute sessions of imaginary play adventures in the Magic Ball, Funky Chicken animal invention, Flying Balloon journeys and lots more singing, dressing up and general hilarity!

The project was extended throughout 2020 thanks to additional funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and recommenced in April 2021.

Find out more about how the project was adapted online here.

BPPG Activity Films 2020

While we’re all at home, tapping into our rich imaginations and playing together with our families is more important than ever. Families at BPPG can find all sorts of other useful & fun content on our website, from videos, games, imaginary play activities in Come & Play to child-friendly explainers about Coronavirus.

We also created an accessible, fun & educational Cooking, Making and Exploring video series with our actor pedagogues Taz, Jack and Iona.

There are 21 videos to watch, find them all on our Youtube and Facebook pages, or watch them here.

Cooking with Taz
Exploring with Jack
Making with Iona

BPPG 2017-19

We a fantastic time delivering BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow 2017-2019 with
wonderful families in Ruchill, the Gorbals and Whiteinch.

A BIG thanks to our main funder the National Lottery Community Fund.

We’d also like to thank:

– our partners, The Tall Ship and the Dream Machine, Whiteinch Library, Glasgow Life

-photographer Eoin Carey

– filmmakers Jonathan Ley & Jacek Hubner

– our volunteers & translators, and of course,

all our participants, staff & volunteers!

Big Porridge & Play Blog!

Read about each week’s session, see photos and find your drawings from the Lickety Art Gallery – Don’t forget to show your family and friends!

A Sea Horse Race is about to start!

November 15th, 2023|

Wednesday 15th November 2023 Hello, welcome everybody! Come to play in Whiteinch Library! Porridge & Play is here today! For games and food and friends and cheer - Hooray!! We make ourselves as [...]

A Very Hungry Giant in Witchland!

November 1st, 2023|

Wednesday 1st November 2023 We had an incredible time with our Whiteinch Library families at our Spookiest Porridge & Play Whiteinch session yet! And it was great to be joined by some new [...]

Bubble Bubble, Toil & Trouble

October 31st, 2023|

Find out what the Maryhill Group got up to during our SPOOKTAKULAR final session at Woodside Library!  Tuesday 31st October Well!  What a  spooktastic Halloween party we had at Porridge [...]

Wee Witches make big red dragons from 4 brains!

October 28th, 2023|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Saturday 28th October We had many Halloween treats for our last Porridge & Play [...]

Let’s bake a cake with expired hot dog shoes!

October 25th, 2023|

Wednesday 25th October 2023 We LOVE food at Whiteinch Library Porridge & Play! We love to EAT it, MAKE it and even WEAR IT! Our Whiteinch friends had a grand time at Porridge [...]

Porridge & Play Bookplay at Woodside Library!

October 23rd, 2023|

Find out what the Maryhill Group got up to during our BOOKPLAY session at Woodside Library!  Tuesday 24th October 2023 Let the Wild Rumpus begin! The Maryhill Families had a [...]

Online Bookplay week!

October 21st, 2023|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Saturday 21st October Sometimes when you are reading a good story you almost feel [...]

Week one Porridge & Play at Whiteinch Library!

October 19th, 2023|

Flying Balloons & a Great Granny Convention! Wednesday 18th October 2023 Have you been to the beautiful Whiteinch Library? It is a lovely building, cozy and warm with lovely librarians who [...]

Tree monsters and Grannies!!

October 17th, 2023|

Find out what the Maryhill Group got up to during week 3 at Woodside Library!  Tuesday 17th October This week we met some amazing Funky Chicken pals of all shapes [...]

Mucky brews and book reviews!

October 16th, 2023|

Back again at Woodside Library for Porridge & Play!  Friday 13th October What a great time we had with our Maryhill pals last Friday at Woodside Library! This [...]

Welcome back to Big Porridge and Play Glasgow online!

October 11th, 2023|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Welcome back to Porridge & Play Online! We love these sessions because even though [...]

Week 1 Porridge & Play at Woodside Library!

October 9th, 2023|

Find out what the Maryhill Group got up to during our first session at Woodside Library!  Munching on Chocolate Croissants in the sky! We had a very exciting first session [...]

Final Porridge & Play Castlemilk!

August 18th, 2023|

Porridge & Play Castlemilk is a Licketyspit Storyplay project for families with 3-8 year olds in the area. Find all of Porridge & Play Castlemilk's adventures here! Wednesday 2nd August We [...]

Goblins, Glitter, Fairies & Butterflies!

August 14th, 2023|

Porridge & Play Castlemilk is a Licketyspit Storyplay project for families with 3-8 year olds in the area. Find all of Porridge & Play Castlemilk's adventures here! Wednesday 26th July [...]

A Worm, a Snow Queen & a Magic Bottle!

July 19th, 2023|

Porridge & Play Castlemilk is a Licketyspit Storyplay project for families with 3-8 year olds in the area. Find all of Porridge & Play Castlemilk's adventures here! Wednesday 19th July [...]

A Bog Creature, a Giant and Mucky Brew!

July 10th, 2023|

Porridge & Play Castlemilk is a Licketyspit Storyplay project for families with 3-8 year olds in the area. Find all of Porridge & Play Castlemilk's adventures here! Wednesday 5th July [...]

Govan Picnic & Play Trip to Troon!

July 6th, 2023|

Picnic & Play Troon Thursday 6th July Jellyfish friends? Naughty Seagull Feather? Hot sweet chai? Anyone fancy digging a really deep hole?! Our Govan Picnic & play group were out in force on Thursday [...]

Storyplay at the Library!

July 4th, 2023|

Porridge & Play Castlemilk is a Licketyspit Storyplay project for families with 3-8 year olds in the area. Find all of Porridge & Play Castlemilk's adventures here! Wednesday 28th June [...]

A Pizza Marshmallow Celebration Cake!

June 1st, 2023|

Celebration Wednesday 31st May Squishy Chocolate? Pineapple pizza? How about some M&Ms? My name is Chef Fanciful and it’s wonderful to be joined by so many friends! For our final session of this [...]

The Forest Grannies and the Monster Trees!

May 22nd, 2023|

Week 3 Wednesday 17th May In the deep deep forest of Govan one can enjoy many interesting places and spot fantastic creatures. Have you ever seen a Silly Cat and Scary Cat hang [...]

A Day out with the Pirate Crew after a very Mucky Brew!

May 15th, 2023|

Week 2 Wednesday 10th May ‘The sun and that is another sun. The fish. Fish fish fish fish!’  The Govan Pirate Crew lined up ready for inspection. What a collection of misfits! Captain [...]

Can you Dance like a Witch in Pants?

May 5th, 2023|

Wednesday 3rd May Ha ha haa, the witchy fingers of Govan! When they dance they whirl and twirl They might trick you with their witchy words! We had a fabulous time back at [...]

LET’S PARTY!

April 3rd, 2023|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Saturday 25h March 2023 The Saturday pals gathered for the last Storyplay Online of the [...]

Tomato Pie in a Californian Garden

April 3rd, 2023|

Porridge & Play Maryhill is a Licketyspit Storyplay project for families with 3-8 year olds in the area. Find all of Porridge & Play Maryhill & Ruchill's adventures here! Blog post written by Sarah! [...]

New film demonstrates the power of Porridge & Play

March 27th, 2023|

Monday 27th March Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund, Licketyspit’s Porridge & Play sessions will be back in 6 Glasgow communities and online for 2023/24. Now in its 7th year, Big [...]

The Crooked Crew Of Pirate Poets

March 21st, 2023|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Saturday 18th March 2023 Captain One Eye wanted to put together a crew of captains [...]

An Out of This World Variety Show

March 15th, 2023|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Saturday 11th March 2023 Fabulous Producer and her partner in show Top Hat Producer were [...]

The Incredible Shrinking Forest Animals!

March 8th, 2023|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Saturday 4th March 2023 Herbert The Hedgehog happily strolled through the forest. It was a [...]

A Mucky Monsters’ Brew!!!

March 2nd, 2023|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Messy play makes for hilarious play! Saturday 25th February We concocted a glorious Mucky Brew [...]

Chef Guacamole and the Birthday Pickle

February 20th, 2023|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! ‘We could make the biggest cake in the world!’ Tuesday 21st February Chef Guacamole & [...]

Mermaid Ice Cream and a Pool Party!

February 14th, 2023|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Tuesday 14th February Kick-abouts, meeting Mr Hand, Mermaid ice cream making techniques & a Pool [...]

Grannies and Dragons? We’re back online!

February 7th, 2023|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Tuesday 7th February Full house at the first Storyplay City Online session of 2023!!! Our [...]

A Rollicking time in Ruchill!!

November 24th, 2022|

Saturday 19th November 2022 We had an amazing time at our Porridge & Play Ruchill & Online celebration! It was so lovely to see all our families together in one big space and wonderful to join [...]

A Week 6 Whiteinch Celebration!

November 23rd, 2022|

Wednesday 16th November 2022 This week we had our fabulous celebration! It was so much much fun getting dressed up as forest animals! We had lots of birds with one from the [...]

An Exciting Celebration at the Pearce!!!!

November 22nd, 2022|

Tuesday 15th November What an exciting Celebration we had in Govan to mark the final week of Porridge and Play at the Pearce Institute! The Magic Ball took us up into the sky [...]

Pirates of Govan!!!

November 14th, 2022|

Tuesday 8th November Pirates of Govan!!! We had some new faces in Govan this week as we said hello to Virginia, Paul and Johnny who came along to join Hilde and the usual [...]

A Feast For A Funky Chicken

November 8th, 2022|

Saturday 5th November 2022 We had a wonderful time exploring different lands and baking a marvellous cake this week! Interestingly, apart from meeting the usual Funky Chicken, we also met a Dancing Dog, [...]

Woodland Creatures in Whiteinch

November 7th, 2022|

Wednesday 2nd November 2022 Well, what a fabulous pack of wolves and woodland creatures we encountered today at Whiteinch! As we gathered in the forest, it was delightful to meet Eeman the [...]

Tree-House of Halloween!!!

November 4th, 2022|

Tuesday 1st November   This week’s session was a lively one as always. We started with some moving about and made ourselves As Big as a Bear and as Fast as a …Hare! [...]

Fantastical Forest Creatures

November 3rd, 2022|

Saturday 29th October 2022 Today at Ruchill we found ourselves deep in the forest and met some quite fantastical creatures including a rainbow coloured bat who lived in a tree. Snakey AJ who showed [...]

The Whiteinch Witches

November 1st, 2022|

Wednesday 26th October 2022 Another whirlwind adventure in Whiteinch this week and we got to meet the fabulous Whiteinch Witches! There was Witchy Aseel,  who had a great cackle and a magic [...]

Hungry Wolfies!!!

October 27th, 2022|

Tuesday 25th October 2022 This week at Govan we had great fun singing “Jelly on His Head” and making up new people in the song like Ameen’s skeleton Alan, and Sham’s character who [...]

Stylish Ruchill Grannies

October 25th, 2022|

Saturday 22nd October 2022 Well! It was a wonderful sight this week to see all the fabulous Ruchill Grannies dressed up so stylishly! We met Granny Osman who drank coffee for his tea, [...]

Mermaids, monsters and… grannies!!

October 25th, 2022|

Wednesday 19th October 2022 What  marvellous adventures we had today! After meeting Ambreen’s Angry Lion, Zofia’s Funny Mermaid and Violet’s Angry Crocodile, we found ourselves in the company of some very fashionable [...]

Week 2 in Sunny Govan

October 21st, 2022|

Tuesday 18th October 2022 It was lovely to be back at the Pearce Institute for week 2 of Porridge and Play where we welcomed some new people to our group, finished Bimbo's delicious [...]

A Witchy Week 1 in Ruchill

October 19th, 2022|

Saturday 15th October 2022 Well! What a super spooky Witchtastic session we had today at Porridge and Play with Licketyspit. After warming up our bodies and minds with a big old boogie and [...]

Storyplay is back at the Library!

October 14th, 2022|

Wednesday 12th October 2022 Our first session at Whiteinch was super exciting with lots of new faces and a whole load of imaginative adventures.  We all played the Funky Chicken and learned some [...]

We’ve arrived at the PI!

October 14th, 2022|

Tuesday 11th October 2022 We had a fantastic time at the first Porridge & Play Govan! We got warmed up with a boogie and then Hilde invited us to make ourselves as Big [...]

Porridge & Play Govan is starting!!

September 1st, 2022|

Friday 26th August Drumroll please!! We are excited to announce that Porridge & Play is arriving in Govan for autumn 2022! Sessions will run on Tuesday afternoons at the Pearce Institute (4-6.15pm). [...]

Porridge & Play Whiteinch is back!

August 17th, 2022|

Wednesday 17th August Drumroll please!! We are excited to announce that Porridge & Play will be BACK in Whiteinch for autumn 2022! Sessions will run on Wednesday afternoons at Whiteinch Library. We will [...]

It was the week of the Upside Down Trouser Dance!

August 16th, 2022|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Friday 22nd July It was the week of the Upside Down Trouser Dance!  ‘I’m [...]

Storyplay Champions at Making Rights Real Event!

August 15th, 2022|

Have Your Say Through Play is a children’s human rights-based, fun way to support children under-twelve to explore and share their thoughts, feelings and ideas through Lickety Playcard Play. This project was first developed with [...]

Welcome to our Jelly Catwalk!!

August 3rd, 2022|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Friday 24th June The return of the Jelly Catwalk!!! To land on a cloud [...]

Porridge & Play Ruchill is back!

July 29th, 2022|

Friday 29th July Drumroll please!! We are excited to announce that Porridge & Play will be BACK in Ruchill for autumn 2022! Sessions will run on Saturday afternoons at the Pavilion, in [...]

Awoo! The wolves of the Lickety Forest!

June 30th, 2022|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Friday 10th June Awoo! This week was all about animals! We met Lindsey the [...]

A Super Cake & Electricity Bolt!!

June 10th, 2022|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Friday 27th May This week was all about… chefs! Football chefs, Zuper chefs and [...]

Welcome back to Big Porridge and Play Glasgow online!

May 25th, 2022|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog where we share our stories and adventures! Friday 13th May Hello and welcome to Big Porridge and Play Glasgow online 2022! [...]

Licketyspit’s Xmas Dress-Up!

December 7th, 2021|

All you need is your imagination for a Magical Christmas! Some of our fantastic families won’t be getting a present this Christmas so we would like to be able to give them [...]

National Lottery Birthday Film

November 27th, 2021|

26th November 2021 This month we had a fantastic Porridge & Play session at our home in Community Central Halls - CCH, with families who've been playing with us online since last [...]

Stories of Resilience

October 25th, 2021|

25th October 2021 This autumn, we were delighted to make a film about Porridge & Play Online as one of 13 Stories of Resilience commissioned by Refugee Action. Working on Zoom has produced a wealth of [...]

Wild Adventures of the Wednesday Crew

July 1st, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Porridge & Play in Kelvingrove Park!

June 30th, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Porridge & Play in Elder Park!

June 25th, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Porridge & Play in Linn Park!

June 17th, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Playing together outside is back!

June 10th, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Big Porridge & Play Week 5

May 24th, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Big Porridge & Play Week 4

May 17th, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Big Porridge & Play Week 3

May 11th, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Big Porridge & Play Week 2

May 3rd, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Big Porridge & Play 2021

April 27th, 2021|

Welcome to the Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! Get in touch to find out how to [...]

Play In A Time Of Crisis Webinar

March 15th, 2021|

At the start of February 2021, we were thrilled to be invited to present our work at the International Play Association’s Play in a Time of Crisis Award webinar series, which [...]

Happy Holidays! A Festive Final Week

December 16th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

An EXTRA BIG adventure as BPPG 2020 draws to a close!

December 2nd, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Dancing and singing with Adie Baako!

November 23rd, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Andre and Taz share this week’s BPPG highlights!

November 17th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Aye aye, Captain! All aboard our Pirate Ship!

November 10th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Another chance to join our spooky party – from home!

November 3rd, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Cakes, castles and Carrot & Cheese World!

October 27th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Celebrating our many languages in The Hello Game!

October 20th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Our latest play session – with 37 FAMILIES!

October 7th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Witchy brews, fruit fairies and ghost trains!

September 30th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

All the things we can still do while we’re at home!

September 22nd, 2020|

As the restrictions around coronavirus continue, we know that many families may be feeling frustrated, stressed, or worried. We know it's a difficult time, so we wanted to remind you of all the things [...]

Spooky woods, a Wolf Queen, and a rainbow lake!

September 22nd, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

A whole WEEK of BPPG adventures! Phew!

September 9th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play Online blog, where we share the stories of all the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom! See below for details of how to [...]

Introducing Andre & Sanjay!

September 4th, 2020|

Meet our new team members and hear about their training experience in Andre's blog! Friday 4th September 2020 Working for Licketyspit is never easy but fun, [...]

Happy birthdays, baking cakes, and dancing on the moon!

September 1st, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play blog, where we share the stories of the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom. If you'd like to join our online weekend sessions [...]

Another (very big) Big Porridge & Play adventure!

August 25th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play blog, where we share the stories of the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom. If you'd like to join our online weekend sessions [...]

Providing digital tablets to families who need them

August 25th, 2020|

Have you heard the news?! A few months ago, we were overjoyed to receive funding which enabled us to buy tablets and SIM cards with mobile data for families in our network and beyond, who [...]

Big Porridge and Play Saturday Sessions are back!

August 18th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play blog, where we share the stories of the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom. If you'd like to join our online weekend sessions [...]

Ruchill & Milton Online Sessions

August 17th, 2020|

JOIN 17th August 2020 Big Porridge & Play Online community sessions are starting next month for families in Ruchill & Milton! These sessions are delivered via Zoom for families with 3-12 year olds. [...]

Over To You #4: Exploring and Making!

August 11th, 2020|

We've loved seeing all the imaginative things you've been up to over the summer holidays. We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has sent us their drawings, poems, stories, videos and photos so far. What [...]

Over To You #3: Cooking!

July 28th, 2020|

For the next few weeks, we're handing things over to you! As many of you will know, after our Zoom play sessions, and at the end of our Activity Films, we always ask people [...]

Over To You #2: Poetry and performance!

July 20th, 2020|

For the next few weeks, we're handing things over to you! As many of you will know, after our Zoom play sessions, and at the end of our Activity Films, we always ask people [...]

Over to you #1

July 13th, 2020|

Over the next few weeks, we're handing things over to you! As many of you will know, after our Zoom play sessions, and at the end of our Activity Films, we always ask people to [...]

Week 6: A big Lickety goodbye to our wonderful new pals

June 29th, 2020|

Welcome to the Big Porridge & Play blog, where we share the stories of the adventures we've had during our virtual play sessions on Zoom. If you'd like to join in with our open [...]

Week 3: Pirate Captains & Magic Ball!

June 8th, 2020|

Big Porridge & Play Blog 8th June 2020 Govan - Tuesday 2nd June 2020 The Govan posse got together yesterday for a bit of hang out and a lot of PLAY! [...]

Week 2: Freezing Monster Trees & Grandmas!

June 1st, 2020|

Big Porridge & Play Blog 1st June 2020 Govan – Tuesday 26th May 2020 FUN FUN FUN!!! Great play session last week!! We had a wee chat about our weekends while [...]

Saturday Sessions Starting!

May 27th, 2020|

Big Porridge & Play Open Sessions start this week! 27th May 2020 We may all be at home, but in our imaginations we can go anywhere, be anyone, do anything. All we need to [...]

Week 1: Meeting & Flying Balloons across the Sky!

May 22nd, 2020|

Big Porridge & Play Blog 22nd May 2020 Govan - Tuesday 19th May 2020 Hiya everyone! What fun we had yesterday, right? Jack, Iona, Ruby & myself were so excited to [...]

Govan, Milton, Easterhouse Online Sessions

May 21st, 2020|

Community sessions have started online! 21st May 2020 We may all be at home, but in our imaginations we can go anywhere, be anyone, do anything. All we need to play is each other! [...]

Big Porridge & Play is Going Online!

April 28th, 2020|

Licketyspit Press Release 28/04/2020 We may all be at home, but in our imaginations we can go anywhere, be anyone, do anything. All we need to play is each other! Scotland’s pioneering intergenerational imaginary play [...]

Lickety Online Play Sessions!

April 14th, 2020|

We were very excited to try out our first Lickety Online Play Session last week! We used the platform Zoom to play with families all over Glasgow  - in their living rooms! It was [...]

Big Porridge & Play is BACK!

March 9th, 2020|

We are thrilled to announce that Big Porridge & Play Glasgow is BACK for another 3 years! We're very grateful to the National Lottery Community Fund for continuing to support this innovate project and [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 7

June 26th, 2019|

15th June 2019 The final session in Ruchill was the last Big Porridge and Play 2019 and we were really moved and delighted to have so many people join us to send the project [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 7

June 26th, 2019|

13th June 2019 Our last session at the St Francis Centre was a wonderful celebration of what Porridge & Play can be, with families bringing countless delicious things to share in the meal, guests dressing [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 7

June 26th, 2019|

12th June 2019 The last Big Porridge & Play 2019 at the Whiteinch library was the biggest yet - with nearly 60 of us singing, playing and dressing up together, before sitting down for [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 6

June 19th, 2019|

8th June 2019 We had a really fab sixth session at the Ruchill Community Centre. You could really see how everyone has got to know each other over the last six weeks, with the [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 6

June 19th, 2019|

6th June 2019 Week 6 at the Gorbals was a day for Pirate captains keeping things ship-shape on the open sea, storytelling and a surprise from poor Old Rodger. Everyone really at ease playing together today. We had some [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 6

June 18th, 2019|

5th June 2019 With our sessions drawing to a close we want to make sure our last Big Porridge & Play afternoons together are fantastic! On Wednesday at Whiteinch Library we had exactly that! [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 4

June 11th, 2019|

18th May 2019 We are missing next week’s session not taking place because of the Bank Holiday so we wanted to make sure we had an excellent session of Porridge & Play today - [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 5

June 7th, 2019|

1st June 2019 We had a really wonderful Picnic & Play on The Tall Ship with the Ruchill Porridge & Play group last week. Ruby met some of the group to get the bus [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 5

June 6th, 2019|

30th May 2019 Travelling from the St Francis Centre in several taxi’s, we all managed to avoid the wind and the rain arriving at the wonderful and exciting Dream Machine on the London Road! [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 5

June 5th, 2019|

29th May 2019 With the rain tumbling down and the wind blowing, we couldn't have our planned Picnic & Play in Victoria park, but we stayed and had a brilliant session in the Library instead, with a dressing up parade, [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 4

May 31st, 2019|

23rd May 2019 This week the BIG Porridge & Play Gorbals families set off from the St Francis Centre through the Gorbals and over the Suspension Bridge to play on Glasgow Green. We had [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 4

May 29th, 2019|

22nd May 2019 Licketyspit travelled from the Whiteinch Library to The Tall Ship at Riverside for a brilliant outreach Picnic & Play session! We began our journey with delighting fellow bus travellers with an [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 3

May 24th, 2019|

16th May 2019 Our third session of BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow at the St Francis Centre in the Gorbals was very enjoyable indeed! Jack and Ruby were joined by Iona, our Lickety volunteer [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 3

May 21st, 2019|

15th May 2019 Our third BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow at Whiteinch Library was brilliant – a great atmosphere and lots of great game playing! Jack and Ruby were joined by Iona and Asem, [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 3

May 17th, 2019|

11th May 2019 Our 3rd BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow session in Ruchill was a really great one! We played some great games, sang new songs and ate delicious lentil and carrot soup. You [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 2

May 15th, 2019|

9th May 2019 We returned to the St Francis Community Centre for our second BIG Porridge and Play Glasgow session in the Gorbals where we visited the tropical forests of India, met people with [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 2

May 13th, 2019|

8th May 2019 We had our second BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow session in Whiteinch and what a session it was, with 14 families and 43 people attending altogether! We travelled around the world [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 2

May 8th, 2019|

4th May 2019 Our second Big Porridge & Play session at Ruchill saw us travel around the world, meet a shy sheep and got us to know some old Scots words for the different [...]

Big Porridge & Play Gorbals Week 1

May 8th, 2019|

2nd May 2019 Our first Big Porridge & Play session in the Gorbals was a lovely coming-together of new and familiar faces in the St Francis Community Centre. 35 participants joined us, with several [...]

Big Porridge & Play Whiteinch Week 1

May 7th, 2019|

1st May 2019 Our first Big Porridge & Play session in Whiteinch this year was absolutely packed - with 14 families and 50 people in total! It was great to see some families from [...]

Big Porridge & Play Ruchill Week 1

May 3rd, 2019|

27th April 2019 Our first Big Porridge & Play session at Ruchill was wonderful - with a really buzzing atmosphere! We had a group of over 50 participants made up of current Children & [...]

Big Porridge & Play Glasgow Year 3 has launched!

May 3rd, 2019|

3rd May 2019 BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow Year 3 has launched! We were delighted to welcome over 40 families to Big Porridge & Play in the Gorbals, Whiteinch and Ruchill for the start [...]

Big Porridge & Play Glasgow is Back!

April 15th, 2019|

12th April 2019 BIG Porridge & Play is back for the third year from late April in Ruchill, Whiteinch and the Gorbals. BIG Porridge & Play Glasgow is a 7-week block of Licketyspit Playcard [...]

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