Child poverty is at a 20-year high – but in one English community, children are intervening
There are 200,000 children living in absolute poverty across the UK, according to the latest report by the Child Poverty Action Group. This means that 200,000 children live in households which don’t make the minimum...Read more
Children who play sports are happier, study finds
Children who are members of a sports club and exercise regularly are happier, healthier and are better able to get along with other children than children who exercise little or not at all. It does...Read more
Schoolchildren helped redesign a city to cut air pollution and climate warming
Air pollution has a particularly damaging effect on children. They’re still growing and breathe faster than adults do. They also live closer to the ground, where the most polluting gases from vehicles accumulate. Pollution from...Read more
Designing for wellbeing in children’s hospitals
New research sets out guidelines for architects and designers to create supportive, positive hospital spaces for children and their families at a difficult time. “I like the window because it’s bright and sunny and it...Read more
CitC Antwerp: Reflections on Placemaking and Co-creation
Irene Quintáns was the moderator of the Parallel Session on Placemaking and Co-creation during the Child in the City International seminar in Antwerp. In this article, she provides a summary of the presentations and ideas...Read more
MAPEA: an integrating social art project in Venezuela
Natalya Critchley was a poster presenter at the last Child in the City International Seminar in Antwerp. In this article, she expounds on the MAPEA Project she presented. Venezuela is in crisis and we have serious...Read more
Lessons from Flanders: school traffic safety in four steps
The Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten is making primary school routes safer. The municipality won the Flemish Road Safety Award 2019 last month and they are in the process of redesigning the area around eight schools....Read more
How team sports change a child’s brain
Adult depression has long been associated with shrinkage of the hippocampus, a brain region that plays an important role in memory and response to stress. Now, new research from Washington University in St. Louis has...Read more
Urban planning for children in Ho Chi Minh City
Last summer 275 children from 8 to 14 years joined a summer programme that introduced them to urban planning in Ho Chi Minh City. The children designed and planned smarter and more child-friendly areas in...Read more
A child friendly election in Norway
Norway’s September 2017 election also saw Save the Children Norway design a children’s election. The aim was to reach 5,000 children aged between nine and 15 years. Yet in the end, over 60,000 youngsters participated...Read more