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“It’s changed our lives”: how playing out helped my children, my neighbours and me

Emma Sarjo posted this in Children's play, health and wellbeing, Community, Play Streets on 16/11/2023

Emma first got interested in play streets seven years ago. Since then, with help and advice from Playing…

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Play streets brought some peace to our rat run

Lyndsey Melling posted this in Community, Play Streets, Street Space on 06/07/2023

Why Lyndsey organised a play street after lockdown, benefitting children and adults in her local area… It started…

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four children in the street
The ripple effects of playing out

Jo Chesterman posted this in Activism, Community, Play Streets, Street Space on 22/03/2023

I organised a play street for 4 years between 2014-2018 in St George, Bristol. Our street has only…

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Children of different ages playing in a residential street
How to handle objections and defuse difficult situations on play streets.

Kate Staniforth posted this in Children's play, health and wellbeing, Community, Play Streets on 28/10/2022

A street, estate or block of flats can be like a microcosm of society – a community made…

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How playing out helps to build children’s independence

Kate Staniforth posted this in Children's play, health and wellbeing, Community, Play Streets on 29/09/2022

Building confidence for the move to secondary school Recently I’ve noticed that one of the main topics of…

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Street parties to play streets: Keeping the community spirit going throughout the year

Rose posted this in Community, Play Streets, Street Space on 17/06/2022

An estimated 16,000 street communities took the opportunity of the Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend to come together…

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