Bernard van Leer Foundation report highlights Urban 95 successes
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How city leaders can support babies, toddlers and their carers
The Bernard van Leer Foundation, which campaigns to help children in urban settings worldwide, has developed a set of ideas for how city leaders can help youngsters post-corona. (more…)Read more
Bernard van Leer Foundation: Share your ideas for children and families
The head of the Bernard van Leer Foundation has asked for help in sharing ideas for supporting families and toddlers across the world during the coronavirus lockdown. (more…)Read more
Five key ‘takeaways’ from Urban95 Festival
Urban communities must themselves demand baby and toddler-friendly cities to help make them a reality, says the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF). That’s just one of five key ‘takeaways’ from the foundation’s recent Urban95 Festival, which...Read more
Experience Tel Aviv ‘through a child’s eyes’
Tel Aviv is the latest city to be shown ‘through the eyes of a child’ thanks to the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF). The foundation’s Urban95 project has showcased several Young Explorers films made by New...Read more
Empathy tools for urban leaders and designers
Urban planners are being encouraged to utilise a set of ’empathy tools’ aimed at helping them design child-friendly environments. It’s one of the latest initiatives developed by the Urban95 arm of the Bernard van Leer Foundation...Read more
Bernard van Leer playground guide now in Spanish
The Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Playground Ideas for 0-3 years is now available in Spanish. This guide shares practical ideas for designing playgrounds that work for children aged 0-3 and their caregivers. It outlines the functions play...Read more
Filmmaker documents youngsters’ city lives
The lives of toddlers in two contrasting cities on opposite sides of the world are chronicled in videos from the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF), which works to improve disadvantaged children’s lives. Five short films highlight...Read more