Spaces for play in children’s daily-life are essential for their development. However, planning in most cities is limitedly aware of children’s needs for playable-spaces.Read more
A UK Parliamentary inquiry wants to hear evidence from across the board about how children and young people’s needs can be prioritised in the future design of cities.Read more
There is an increasing interest in outdoor play, both in research and in policy. However, in (re)designing, planning and managing the public space, there is still limited attention for children’s actual playing behaviour.Read more
The United Kingdom’s Association of Play Industries has entered into a new era with the appointment of Dr Amanda Gummer as its new Independent Chair.Read more
Northern Ireland’s chief body for developing children and young people’s play opportunities, has published a new animation film intended to help both professionals and young people.Read more
No parent would ever say ‘this is a great neighbourhood – but I won’t let my child walk to school or play in the local park’. Former Bogotá mayor Enrique Peñalosa grasped this insight when...Read more