Street Play links
Below are links to people, organisations and articles that have inspired the Street Play project.
Three London play associations are key partners supporting their local residents to put on their own Street Play days. Further information:
- Lambeth Play Association street party information
- Tower Hamlets street play details
- Email WestPlay for information on street play in Hounslow
London Play is supported on the Street Play project by traffic-free event organisers Streets Alive, based in Bristol.
Dr. Mayer Hillman is Senior Fellow Emeritus of the Policy Studies Institute and member of the Street Play project's advisory forum. His published work includes co-authoring the influential work One False Move: a Study of Children's Independent Mobility, link
Sustrans is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity. Their vision is a world in which people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment, link
The summer Play Street program has been closing off streets in New York City to give children safe, supervised and fun-filled places to play since 1914, link
Living Streets is the national charity that stands up for pedestrians. With our supporters we work to create safe, attractive and enjoyable streets, where people want to walk, link
20's Plenty for Us is a campaigning group that believes that it is time for our residential roads to be equitably shared with all the users by setting an appropriate speed limit that protects the young and the vulnerable, link
Dr. John Adams is Emeritus Professor of Geography at University College London and a former member of the Street play project's advisory forum. His published work includes Risk which explores society's addiction to risk-taking behaviour, link
Chicago's Active Transportation Alliance, a non-profit alternative transport organisation, encourages Play in your Neighborhood through their Open Streets programme, link
Home page for Sheffield City Council's Street Play project, link
A number of articles produced for Playday 2007 Our Streets Too!, link
How stranger danger changed the way children play, article from the BBC online News Magazine, December 2009, link
How children lost the right to roam in four generations, article from The Daily Mail, June 2007, link
We must cut speed limits, article from The Guardian, January 2010, link
Reclaiming the Residential Street as Play Space, article published in International Play Journal 1996, 4, 91-97, link
Police Athletic League keeping kids safe with 'play streets' article from the New York Daily News, June 2008, link
Streets for People is a guide to making streets quieter and safer produced by New York City campaigners Transportation Alternatives, link
UNICEF'S Child Friendly City is the embodiment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the local level, which in practice means that children's rights are reflected in policies, laws, programmes and budgets. In a child friendly city, children are active agents; their voices and opinions are taken into consideration and influence decision making processes, link
In March 2010 Street Play coordinator Catherine Togut hosted a roundtable discussion at the National Lottery's Playful Ideas conference in Bristol. She discussed the successes and challenges of the Street Play project so far. The Street Play project is featured on page 19 of the conference brochure: link
