Category: Blog

It’s striking to see how enthusiastically people are already being drawn to the…

Adrian Voce OBE, is a writer, consultant and campaigner specialising in policy, planning…

Children should be encouraged to work less hard and play more at school,…

There are numerous arguments for the benefits of city parks. Living near parks…

The recent publication, Children, Nature, Cities (Murnaghan and Shillington, eds., 2016) is a…

The Vancouver-based urbanist, Jillian Glover, an advisor to the Canadian government who runs…

Playwork is an essential component of adventure playgrounds, a form of staffed provision renowned…

We’ ve come a long way over the past decade, but the journey is…

At Ireland’s first academy of creative play children are given the freedom to…

All over the world, people are finding ways to make play visible in…

During the last century there was considerable emphasis in some European cities on…

Eve Mosher was getting frustrated. Her children, ages 4 and 6, encountered rules…

Could children solve the childhood inactivity crisis? Stranger things have happened, argues Felicity…

Adding natural elements like sand, bricks and bamboo can transform a dull outdoor…

Risky play is a natural part of children’s play, and children often seek…

Blog from BBC. Most children love colouring, painting, sticking and making things –…

As the school year across Europe comes to an end and children look…

Campaigns to promote physical activity and reduce obesity among children should focus more…

My summers as a child were defined by the time I spent on…

Children’s letters on what they find to be a child-friendly city can guide…

A child friendly city implements children’s rights in local policy. Cities can use…

One of the most courageous steps I have ever taken, will always be the…

When community activities attempt to be ‘child and family friendly’, we often see…

Research indicates that adolescence is a period of significant mental and social development, where…