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Children and the built environment: Inquiry and next steps

Alice Ferguson posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing on 12/06/2024

In Spring 2023, Playing Out joined with allies to ask for a Parliamentary Inquiry into Children, Young People…

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Who in Government is standing up for children?

Alice Ferguson posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing, Street Space on 04/04/2024

Last week, we were back in the Houses of Parliament for the final live session of the select committee…

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“We think about bins and cars more than children”

Alice Ferguson posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing, Street Space on 29/02/2024

On Monday 26th February the Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiry into Children, Young People and the Built Environment held…

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Alice Ferguson and Ingrid Skeels, Playing Out Directors, standing in front of the UK Houses of Parliament
From play streets to parliament – making the case for children to play out

Ingrid Skeels posted this in Activism, Children's play, health and wellbeing, Street Space on 25/01/2024

This week Playing Out presented oral evidence to the parliamentary inquiry into children and the built environment, held…

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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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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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