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Long view of playground in Holland with different areas and housing alongside
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023

Going Dutch

The city of The Hague in Holland is working to create more inclusive playgrounds. This is just one of them.
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Engagement
Girls hands doing collages of parks
March 22, 2023
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023

Greenspace and Us : Naming It

How the Name It Project put teenage girls at the heart of changing green space
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Research
Safety
A picture of a fenced pitch with a white van behind
February 3, 2023
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024

Picture this

A look at some research with teenage girls and photos which shows how important safety is for park access
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In the media
Wide view of computer generated image of skatepark with multiple facilities
January 5, 2023
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023

PAF Magazine - Skatepark design

Article in Physical Activity Facilities magazine about our work with Wheelscape to create a more inclusive skatepark.
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Policy
venn diagram of social value which is formed by the overlapping of Understanding Local Need, Building Capacity and Measuring Impact
November 30, 2022
February 21, 2023
February 21, 2023
February 21, 2023

Social value – your tool to create wellbeing through open space

In this blog, Prue Wales explores how public bodies can use the principles of social value to create a platform to deliver long term societal impact.
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Policy
A sketch of a park space
November 23, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

How can we make the design of places more inclusive?

A guest blog from Tiiseto Mofokeng, examining what decision makers can do in terms of making their wider processes more supportive of inclusive spaces for teenage girls.
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Research
A girl skateboarding in a skate park
November 16, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

Making Space for Girl Skateboarders

Professor Carrie Paechter from Nottingham University on her recent research into girls and skateboarding
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Good Ideas
Teenagers sitting on stepped seating in a public plaza
November 9, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

please be seated : a sideways look at benches

Seating is important to teenage girls - here's some inspiration
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Engagement
Logo for Your Voice Matters
November 2, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

Whose Voices Matter

Sophie explains why we need to listen to the voices of teenage girls like her.
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Policy
Plan image of park
October 1, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

The Public Sector Equality Duty… a planning barrister’s view

A guest blog by Philip Robson, Planning Barrister at Kings Chambers, on his view of how the Public Sector Equality Duty needs to be applied in planning.
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In the media
image of a map which is being annotated by girls for research
September 1, 2022
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024

Making Space for Girls

LSE Cities made a film about the work we’ve been doing with them and Dr Julia King, focussing on the project in Crewe and the voices of the girls and young women there.
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In the media
September 1, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

Give Me Sport

Imogen wrote an article for the Give Me Sport website, to coincide with her speaking at London Sport‘s annual conference.
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Engagement
a park scene
July 6, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

Let it Be

Engagement work with young women in Hackney
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Engagement
July 1, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

Make Space for Us

Our blog on Women In Sport/Yorkshire Sport's report on barriers to parks for teenage girls
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Good Ideas
computer generated design for inclusive skatepark with lots of areas
June 20, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

Skate parks for all

Our collaboration with Wheelscape on what a more inclusive skate park might look like
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In the media
June 1, 2022
February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023

Visible Women podcast

We appeared on Caroline Criado Perez’s podcast which asked the question, Are Playgrounds Sexist?
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Good Ideas
shelter built from concrete with teenage girls hanging out there
April 20, 2022
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023
February 22, 2023

Pale Shelter

Teenage shelters could be brilliant but so often are not.
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In the media
March 1, 2022
February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023
February 20, 2023

Caroline Criado Perez GFP live

Imogen and Susannah talk live to Caroline Criado Perez as part of her GFP live series.
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