Resources library

We’ve pulled together a wide range of information about teenage girls and parks - from research papers and consultations to good practice and briefing documents.

Developers
Developers
Councils
Councils

Exploring Essex Parks: Gendering Green Space for Young People

This report seeks to support professionals working in parks and green spaces to make decisions about designing those spaces to help young women and gender-diverse young people feel safe and included. For many decades, organisations like Fields in Trust and Sports England have provided authoritative and practical guidance to local authorities, planners, park professionals, and others working in the built environment, to support them to create parks and green spaces that work well for their local communities. But despite this, research shows that many young people, particularly young women and gender diverse young people, do not feel welcome, comfortable, or safe in their local parks and green spaces. They often feel they do not have a say about or sense of belonging in parks and green spaces which stops them from benefiting from them. Drawing on extensive engagement over many months with young people in Essex, the intention of this report is to provide inspiration for what could be included by way of “informal play areas” as an alternative or additional to a MUGA or skatepark; and prove a constructive supplement to existing guidance, to support local authorities to address the current gender imbalance in park provision for teenagers. This report was prepared in partnership with our amazing colleagues at Social Place, www.social-place.org and Chelmsford City and Maldon District Council.
Councils
Councils
Design professionals
Design professionals
Other supporters
Other supporters
Developers
Developers

Research Report 2023

The Make Space for Girls report on what research and data can tell us about teenage girls and parks.
Councils
Councils
Design professionals
Design professionals
Developers
Developers
Other supporters
Other supporters

What do teenage girls think about play spaces and multi-use games areas?

A report on research with young women on play spaces and MUGAs focussing on safety.
Councils
Councils
Design professionals
Design professionals
Developers
Developers
Other supporters
Other supporters

Make Space for Us

Research by Women in Sport on the barriers girls face to enjoying parks.
Councils
Councils
Design professionals
Design professionals
Developers
Developers
Other supporters
Other supporters

What Makes a Park Feel Safe and Unsafe

Leeds University research on perceptions of safety and parks for women and girls.
Councils
Councils
Design professionals
Design professionals
Developers
Developers

Waterden Green: Co-clienting with teenage girls

Working with teenage girls as co-clients to shape the design brief.
Councils
Councils
Design professionals
Design professionals
Developers
Developers
Other supporters
Other supporters

Spencers Park Engagement Reports

Engagement work with year 9 girls in partnership with LSE Cities, Countryside Properties and Make Space for Girls.
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