Real team players.

We couldn’t do everything we do without our 40+ talented team.

From our first conversations with you, through design, manufacture and installation, all the way to after-care and maintenance, our people are with you all the way. Handpicked, hands-on and highly skilled, we’ve built up a brilliant team of designers, craftspeople, project managers and installation specialists. Let’s say hello to them.

Our passionate, committed leadership team.

Joe Cooper

FOUNDER

TouchWood was founded in 2002 by our founder Joe Cooper. Joe built TouchWood around the importance of innovative and imaginative play. His mission was to create amazing, unique play experiences where kids could use their imagination to have their adventures in a safe, stimulating, natural setting. Over the years, the company has grown, and it got to the point where Joe needed a partner to work to bring the TouchWood experience to the many clients queuing out the door.

Tim Harms

MANAGING DIRECTOR

In 2018 Tim Harms joined Joe and the wider team at TouchWood as Managing Director. Tim and Joe have built a dream team delivering creativity and efficiency that has seen us expand into a shiny new workshop alongside our woodyard. Together they’ve taken TouchWood Play to new heights taking on more projects and continually improving TouchWood’s ability to provide world-class playgrounds to schools, leisure attractions, retail locations, tourism businesses, parks and public spaces.

Our adventurously creative design team.

Your first chats with us will be with our concept design team. They aim to clearly understand your brief and build an initial picture of what you want to achieve. Whether you are a local school or a massive retail park looking for a playground, our design team will help you figure out the best way to approach your project based on your goals and constraints.

Once we have the main details figured out, the wider design team will work with you to build out your playground design, carry out a site survey, and build a plan and pricing structure for your project.

During this phase, we’ll create 3D models and illustrations to help you visualise the entire space, the play routes and value and how the playground works on your site.

Our ‘we’ve-got-this’ manufacture and
installation teams.

Once we approve your design, everything is passed to our manufacturing and installation teams. They’ll work with you to plan your playground’s installation and physical creation.

The team comprises highly skilled carpenters, painters, plumbers, site managers, and many more talented people. They’ll help you determine what can be pre-manufactured and delivered to your site and what needs to be built on-site.

In their hands, your project will be installed with attention to detail and care to ensure your playground is handed over fully and safety inspected in line with your design.

Come and look around some of our bespoke playgrounds

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Play space transformation at Bainland Lodge Retreat
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Bringing community together through play
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Creating legend-inspired play at Leonardslee Gardens
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Create a playground that’s uniquely yours.

Our talented design team can quickly help you explore pricing, themes and play value on a call – submit your email address and our team will get in touch.

Our designs are bespoke and no two are the same. We can quickly come up with some ideas to support your project.