Playing outdoors: What do children do, where and with whom?
In their October newsletter, Play Scotland share findings from a study in the Netherlands, February 2022 to March 2023. This recorded children’s play behaviour after school in three post-war residential districts in three cities in The Netherlands. This study showed differences in play behaviour by gender, age, district and play [...]
Climate Ready School Grounds – resources for educators, landscape architects & more..
Learning Through Landscapes have announced the arrival of their Climate Ready School Grounds project! This exciting collaboration with Architecture & Design Scotland explores using school grounds to address the impacts of climate change whilst creating outdoor environments that support learning and play. Discover a suite of resources to help schools, [...]
Cities bring together the world’s youth on climate change and sustainable urban development
Child in the City (5 July 2023) describes how a global coalition of city mayors has launched a new network designed to help connect young climate activists across the globe. This article shares a number of useful initiatives. For example, how city governments are working with young people through C40’s Students [...]
Youth sustainability and democracy: how young people can shape environmental policy in urban spaces
This British Academy report (Sloam, James; Henn, Matt; Huebner, Christine 2023) is available here. This study explores ways of getting young people involved in action to tackle environmental problems in their neighbourhoods. The report summarises the key findings from the case studies in London and Nottingham, and presents the following [...]
Planning a school group off-site visit? The Going Out There toolkit is now updated!
The Going Out There (GOT) Toolkit has now gone live. The main change is to the format of the Risk Assessment templates and worked examples. The Toolkits supplement the advice in the main GOT document and provide everything required to plan and organise all categories of visits. This includes planning [...]
Amsterdam’s doorstep playgrounds
This article in The Conversation (19 May 2023) describes How mid-century Amsterdam built 700 doorstep playgrounds – and then forgot about them. It describes how the modern movement of urban planning and architecture placed children at its centre.
New urban design guide shows city leaders how to prioritise children’s needs
This Child in the City article (12 April 2023) shares information on a new guide which has been published to provide ideas and inspiration to help child-friendly solutions for urban designers and city policymakers. This Proximity of Care Design guide focuses on challenges from climate change to air pollution to [...]
Changes to Scottish planning system aimed at providing more outdoor play for children
AberdeenLive news (26 March 2023) reports that under the new fourth National Planning Framework, local authorities will be encouraged to support applications for the development of play spaces, parks and sports facilities. New planning reforms will allow children and young people more opportunities to play outside, the Scottish Government has [...]
