| 'Making Space for Children': A Thinkpiece for Compass from David Lammy MP. |
| Monday, 04 June 2007 |
In a passionate thinkpiece titled 'Making space for children - the big challenge for our public realm' written for Compass the democratic left pressure group. David Lammy MP, looks at the importance of play and how it should be a central part of community and neighbourhood renewal.
"For years, children were expected to be ‘seen and not heard’. In urban planning we need them to be both; because for children to have the best chance to be happy, healthy and to prosper, they need to have a real stake in the common spaces of their neighbourhoods. Amongst the hustle and bustle of our modern towns and cities we need to engender local ‘village’ communities, where children are looked after in the widest sense. This must start with somewhere for our children - all our children - to play."
Please click here to view David Lammy MP and Minister for Childrens' Play Thinkpiece.
Please click here to visit the main Compass website.
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