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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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A large group of people gathered on Dartmoor to protest the removal of the right to wild camp
Right to Roam Near Home

Alice Ferguson posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing, Street Space on 31/01/2023

Last week, 3,000 people gathered on Dartmoor to march in protest at the public’s “right to roam” in…

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Promoting inclusivity in the outdoors

Zoe Banks Gross posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing, Community on 03/11/2021

Zoe is a Fellow of the Landscape Institute and a Playing Out board member. In this blog, she…

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Playing Out Bicycles
Want to “level-up” AND improve children’s lives? Let them play out!

Alice Ferguson posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing, Play Streets on 28/09/2021

Two policy reports published this week both, from very different angles, highlight the urgency of restoring children’s ability…

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A Parklet in Hackney, London, with a young woman holding a baby standing and smiling at the camera, and 3 people sitting behind her on benches
From play streets to parklets – new ways to reclaim space for children and communities

Lucy Colbeck posted this in Activism, Community, Street Space on 13/09/2021

Would you and your children like to see one of these on your street? We know we would! Our…

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Playing football in the street
Why playing out is a social justice issue for children

Ingrid Skeels posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing on 20/05/2021

The freedom for children to play out where they live is the freedom to be active, healthy, socialised,…

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