Play Well For Life awarded £147,679 to bring Dragons of Afterlands into care and education
The company leads a collaborative Mindset project with Royal Holloway to test how its wellbeing game can work in real services.
Play Well For Life was named in Innovate UK's August 23, 2024 announcement of Mindset-funded mental health projects. The company receives £147,679 for research into implementing Dragons of Afterlands in education and healthcare settings.
The work builds on earlier development of the augmented-reality social board game. It will explore delivery models, barriers to adoption and refinements based on pilots and user feedback, with a focus on adolescent wellbeing.
Royal Holloway, University of London receives a separate £88,078 allocation as the research partner, bringing the project's total grant to £235,757. The funded programme runs from May 2024 to February 2026.
Use of funds
Dragons of Afterlands implementation research