In summer 2018 I did workshops with year 6 pupils from Sir Francis Drake Primary School and Grinling Gibbons Primary School. Both workshops were held at and organised with the help of the wonderful team at Deptford Lounge. Pupils had already discussed the idea of regeneration with their teachers in school and were therefore prepared … Continue reading How do 11-year-olds understand the regeneration of Deptford?
In this extract from their report, Neighbourhood Design: Working with Children Towards a Child Friendly City, Dinah Bornat and Ben Shaw propose new approaches to urban design and participation with young people. A quarter of London’s population is younger than 18 years old. That’s a significant proportion, but children are nevertheless largely unrepresented in urban … Continue reading The child’s view of a neighbourhood
School based schemes which aim to get teenagers more physically active have had mixed success to date. Often these initiatives only increase activity in the short term, and ask teenagers to take part in a limited choice of sports or activities, such as football or dance during and immediately after the school-day. This approach is … Continue reading What teenagers told us would make them more active
With growing concerns over children’s online privacy and the commercial uses of their data, it is vital that children’s understandings of the digital environment, their digital skills and their capacity to consent are taken into account in designing services, regulation and policy. Mariya Stoilova, Rishita Nandagiriand Sonia Livingstone’s research project Children’s Data and Privacy Online set out … Continue reading Where does your data go? Developing a research methodology for children’s online privacy
Playful Planet has announced the first confirmed speakers for its new conference. Dinah Bornat is founder and co-director of ZCD Architects in East London, which is passionate about socially inclusive architecture and urban design. As well as being a design champion for the Mayor of London, Dinah has produced cutting-edge research on child-friendly cities, urban design, … Continue reading Dinah Bornat and Tim Gill to speak at Bristol conference
The Bristol Child Friendly City Network is an initiative to develop Bristol into a city that embodies the UN Rights of the Child. Child Friendly Cities champion the role and voice of children in the city through the themes of public space, independence and play, culture and creativity, and children’s voice and democracy. In early … Continue reading Bristol Child Friendly City Network
