Dublin-based social entrepreneurship platform ChangeX has partnered with the Lego Foundation to help grow projects targeted at learning through play. The Lego foundation, which aims to help children develop crucial skills, is supporting ChangeX to identify and scale projects such as Playful Streets, Urban Thinkscape and Playground Ideas, while also bringing more funders into the Play Movement. The Lego Foundation backing will also help the platform expand on its portfolio of ideas, along the lines of climate action, education and play and community cohesion. “That was always part of our plan; obviously Lego is particularly interested in the play components of that and learning through play specifically,” Mr O’Hara said. ChangeX helps fund projects around the world, focusing on tech for good and offering investors a way to finance community projects.

Source: The Irish Times May 31, 2021 03:56 UTC