“The truth is that the vast majority of urban planning decisions and projects take no account of their potential impact on children and make no effort to seek children’s views…All too often, this is down to a simple lack of respect for children’s rights or abilities,” writes Tim Gill in his recent book “Urban Playground.”

Weighing up risks and benefits in children’s play - Why a balanced approach is needed and what it looks like

Authored by Tim Gill for Play Wales. 

In this session David presented some of his 25 years of research into the testing of sand and bark suitable for use as IAS within children’s playgrounds. He gave practical tips on what to look out for when choosing suitable IAS sand and bark.

Four updates for families and carers from Grandparents Victoria and Kinship Carers Victoria.

1. Consent and COVID-19 vaccinations.
2. Important COVID-19 vaccination information.
3. COVID-19 cases and deaths in Australia by gender and age.
4. COVID-19: Which countries are vaccinating children?

Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, The Lancet launches its third Series on physical activity, which extends our knowledge base from previous Series’ (2012 and 2016) on the importance of regular physical activity and sport to our health and wellbeing.

Read The Lancet here.

Empowerment and participation:
A guide for organisations working with children and young people

This guide is designed to assist adults to empower and involve children and young people in their organisation, in line with the Child Safe Standards. It contains advice, tools and tips.

https://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/838/Empowerment-an…

A Guide to Establishing a Children and Young People’s Advisory Group

ACYP regularly provides advice to organisations on how to meaningfully and effectively involve children and young people in their decision making processes. This guide has been developed to highlight the value and benefits of embedding children and young people’s voices and outlines how to successfully establish a children and young people’s advisory group.

https://www.acyp.nsw.gov.au/a-guide-to-establishing-a-children-and-youn…

Kids Co-designing Healthy Places is a Monash University project supported by VicHealth. The project supports councils and schools to engage with kids to co-design healthier places. It focuses on the things in our neighbourhoods that impact healthy eating and being active.

https://kidscodesigninghealthyplaces.com.au/

Play Today PD session for Play Australia Members only. 

Campbelltown City Council in South Australia is collecting, recording and showcasing our connected streets. In this video, we celebrate Tyrone Avenue in Campbelltown, where residents have come together and built a connections and relationships with one another.

Click here to view the Tyrone Avenue project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRAoSR2QPwc