How to help autistic children socialise in school
Not all children with autism need the same level of support with socialisation in schools, and unnecessary segregation only makes the process more difficult. That’s the view of experienced teacher and trainer Rebecca Wood, of the University...Read more
Call for participants: new series on affordability in cities
In my ongoing quest to understand how and why families choose to live in cities, I am launching a new series and, I need your help. The research My Affordable City will profile families living in big...Read more
Building better play: five ways London playgrounds are getting it right
In this article, the US play researcher Meghan Talarowski reports on how her six-month study of playgrounds in London inspired her, and what it is that she found they were doing better. “Life is either a...Read more
EU marks Children’s Day by including them in Parliamentary debate
Children and young people from across Europe have joined members of the European Parliament to mark World Children’s Day with the launch of a new dialogue around the theme of “The Europe We Want.” Adrian Voce...Read more
New publication on engaging children and families in city building
The 8 80 cities project in partnership with the Bernard van Leer Foundation and Urban 95 has published a new report on the participation and engagement of children, young people and their families in creating...Read more
“After today, let nobody say it’s not possible”.
In this multimedia report of a community festival in South London, Rob Hopkins celebrates how the joy of a child playing in a previously unloved public space became a catalyst to transform not just the...Read more
Swiss students put planning into practice at school
Breitenbach in the canton of Solothurn is pioneering a new approach, unique in Switzerland, to children and young people’s participation in the planning and design of their built environment. The municipality is giving students at...Read more
Participation can draw out the strength to tackle problems
In the second part of her reflection on the children’s participation theme at the recent international seminar on urban planning, Karine Van ‘t Land suggests that a synthesis of two different approaches may provide the...Read more
How should we approach children’s participation?
In this first of a two-part reflection on a key theme of Child in the City, Rotterdam 2017, Karine van ’t Land describes one of two seemingly opposing approaches to children’s participation presented at the...Read more
Children’s advocates issue call to action on Brexit
A wide-ranging alliance of children and young people’s organisations coordinated by Eurochild has issued a statement accusing governments of ignoring the voices of children and young people in the Brexit process and calling for action to...Read more
5 challenges for the child friendly city movement
In the second part of this interview with Adrian Voce, President of the European Network for Child Friendly Cities, ahead of next week’s Child in the City international seminar on urban planning, he sets out...Read more
Popping-up for adventure play in Canada
The UK-based charity, Pop-Up Adventure Play has announced that it is heading to Canada for a series of workshops and play support sessions ahead of this September’s Triennial world conference of the International Play Association...Read more
Spatial stories of Dublin’s youth
During winter and spring of this year, a Dublin-based group of young people aged 16 and 17 came together to explore and share their everyday experiences of public space. Researcher Jackie Bourke takes up the...Read more
Co-creating space to support young people’s rights
A practice-led research project to include young people in the creation of a public space in Wrexham town centre, North Wales, demonstrates their capacity to participate in the design process and to provide ideas to inform town planning. Research undertaken in Wrexham, North Wales, in response...Read more