The LEGO Group has partnered with National Park City Foundation for the first UK LEGO® Rebuilder event at London’s Southbank Centre. Inspired by the Rebuild the World campaign, the free events will ask builders to reimagine London city life. Similar events will be held across the world but the UK Rebuilder workshops take place next week during Half Term. You can learn more about the event below, although the events are free to attend, it is ticketed and you can secure your place using the link below.
THE LEGO® GROUP PARTNERS WITH NATIONAL PARK CITY TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY AND UNLEASH THE LIMITLESS WORLD OF CHILDREN’S IMAGINATION
- Free October half term LEGO Rebuilder workshops are taking place in partnership with the National Park City Foundation
- Part of the LEGO Group’s Rebuild the World campaign, inspiring creative resilience and nurturing the creative skills of future generations, families across the UK are being encouraged to re-imagine the cities they live in
- Free events are being held at London’s Southbank Centre on 21st and 22nd October, with events taking place elsewhere across the UK during October half term
This October, the LEGO Group is giving families nationwide the opportunity to rebuild their city at the LEGO UK Rebuilder workshops.
In partnership with the National Park City Foundation, the UK Rebuilder Workshops follow similar events in the US and China, and are part of Rebuild the World, the LEGO Group’s recently launched campaign that celebrates kids’ creative resilience and the power to build, unbuild and rebuild the limitless worlds of their imagination.
In July 2019, London became the world’s first National Park City, aimed at improving life in London and making the city a greener, healthier and wilder place, where every child benefits from exploring, playing and learning outdoors.
Daniel Raven-Ellison of London National Park City said, “Our mission is to encourage more people to enjoy the great outdoors by creating safe, green and wild spaces that children can explore and play in. Through this partnership with the LEGO Group we are giving kids the power to imagine and bring to life what they’d like from the city they live in. With no cap on creativity, who knows what the capital could look like, and what ideas could be brought to life in the future…”
At the UK Rebuilder Workshops, children will have the opportunity to express their views on how their city could be rebuilt to be a more fun and playful place using LEGO bricks, including imagining how the city could be more green, wild and welcoming for wildlife amongst other creative challenges.
The 2018 World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report placed creative problem solving in the top three skills the job market will require from 2020, critical in helping children learn how to innovate, problem solve and think critically throughout their lives. Aimed at inspiring and developing the builders of tomorrow, the UK Rebuilder Workshops will give kids the power to imagine the cities of the future, with National Park City helping lead the first event at London’s Southbank Centre on 21st and 22nd October.
Marius Lang, Head of Marketing UK and Ireland at the LEGO Group said, “Children have a natural creativity that is harnessed and developed through play. The UK Rebuilder Workshops taking place nationwide are our opportunity to show our commitment to giving children the platform to make a change – build, then rebuild whatever they want with no right or wrong answer, just the opportunity to see what rebuilding a world with endless possibilities looks like.”
For anyone who can’t make it to the Southbank this half term, additional events are being held across the UK, and children can also take part by getting creative and sharing their creations on the LEGO Life app with #Rebuild the World and #NationalParkCity or by visiting www.lego.com/rebuild-the-world-challenge.
London Rebuilder Workshops
In a two-day event, families can take part in fun and creative workshops where they’ll use their imagination (and get hands on with some LEGO bricks!) to help come up with solutions to three real-life challenges to help make the world a fun, better and more playful place. There’s no right or wrong answer – just the opportunity to see what rebuilding a world with endless possibilities looks like. With no cap on creativity, who knows what the capital will look like, and what ideas could be brought to life in the future…
ReWild your City with London National Park City
In July 2019, London became the world’s first National Park City, aimed at improving life in London and making the city a greener, healthier and wilder place, where every child benefits from exploring, playing and learning outdoors
As part of the UK Rebuilder Workshop, children will be asked to reimagine London as more green, wild and welcoming for wildlife
ReWheel your City with UK Designer Dominic Wilcox
Famed for his ability to come up with interesting and unique ideas, designs and solutions to problems, Dominic led Rebuilder sessions at LEGO HQ in Billund in September
In London he’ll be asking children, from long commutes to public transport, how could we make travelling in the city easier, happier and healthier?
ReImagine your City with Architect Dara Huang
The founder of Architect firm DH Liberty, Dara is proud in saying she gives her architects and designers the freedom to look at each project with ‘unshackled imagination’
She’ll be working with children to bring to life how they’d make London a healthier, happier city for everyone living in it
London Rebuilder Workshops: London’s Southbank Centre
Monday 21st October 10am – 12pm & 2pm – 4pm
Tuesday 22nd October 10am – 12pm & 2pm – 4pm
Price: Free, but spaces must be reserved here
