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”
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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”
Making space for girls – older girls and Rowntree Park
Our original article outlining why there is a need to raise awareness of the lack of use of parks by older girls – The Right to Equal Play – can be found here (Dec 2021). This was influenced by the work of National campaign charity ‘Make Space for Girls’. Since 2021, there has beenContinue reading “Making space for girls – older girls and Rowntree Park”