When: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May 2025(10.30am-5pm) Where: Spark, York. What and why! The exhibition is to raise awareness that park design affects women and girls’ use of public spaces – it can either enhance or limit the freedom these spaces should provide. Research shows girls’ presence in parks declines sharply in teenage yearsContinue reading “Make Space Exhibition May 2025”
Category Archives: Make Space for Girls
Make Space – A creative call for change
Get involved in a new exhibition exploring teenage girls, and women’s experiences of parks (and public spaces). Park design affects women and girls’ use of public spaces – it can either enhance or limit the freedom these spaces should provide. Research shows girls’ presence in parks declines sharply in teenage years – and patterns setContinue reading “Make Space – A creative call for change”
Make Space Festival 2025 – call out for events!
Parks need to be a place where older girls, and women, feel ‘welcome’ and are empowered them to be themselves. The ‘Make Space’ for Girls York project focuses on reducing the drop off of park use as girls enter their teenage years. Parks have numerous benefits for physical and mental health and it’s so importantContinue reading “Make Space Festival 2025 – call out for events!”
Make Space for Girls project – Free Summer events 2024
Although the ‘Make Space for Girls’ York Festival was through the whole of June 2024, some free events and activities continued through the summer holidays with thanks to funding from the Fishergate Ward and Fulford and Heslington Wards. Local councillors saw the value of getting teenage girls into parks and open spaces and positive impactContinue reading “Make Space for Girls project – Free Summer events 2024”
Make Space for Girls Festival York June 2024
Our ‘Make Space for Girls’ Festival runs until the end of June. This is 5 weeks of free events and activities including sports, exercise, dance, performing arts, photography, arts and crafts, health and wellbeing and much more! Below you can see some of the photos and read about the session s that have happened! PleaseContinue reading “Make Space for Girls Festival York June 2024”
Make Space for Girls in York Park 2024
Parks need to be a place where older girls, and women, feel ‘welcome’ and are empowered them to be themselves. The ‘Make Space for Girls’ in Rowntree Park focuses on reducing the drop off of park use as girls enter their teenage years. Parks have numerous benefits for physical and mental health and it’s soContinue reading “Make Space for Girls in York Park 2024”
‘Make Space for Girls’ June programme of events in Rowntree Park celebration!
Through June 2023 we have been running a programme of events and activities in Rowntree Park aimed at older girls. The focus is on empowering teenage girls and expanding their access to public spaces, and as part of their ongoing project on making the park more ‘welcoming’ to older girls. The month long programme ofContinue reading “‘Make Space for Girls’ June programme of events in Rowntree Park celebration!”
Women and girls’ safety in parks
Leeds University hosted an important conference on the 10-11th of May 2023 on the topic of Women and girls’ safety in parks. The Friends of Rowntree Park charity Manager, Abigail Gaines, was a presenter at the event sharing the work she’s been doing on older girls and the park. The conference was linked to newContinue reading “Women and girls’ safety in parks”