Mick Conway started his playwork career on Bermondsey adventure playground in 1978. He went on to become Director of Hackney Play Association where he was a founder of Playday, created the Quality in Play system and was a consultant on development of the Playwork Principles. He helped set up London Play and Play England and ended up back where he started, working on adventure playgrounds in Islington for a change. These days he’s kept busy by three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.