18: Playing Out & Playful Streets

In this episode, we will be looking at children playing out in the local area.To explore this we will be speaking to Ingrid Skeels and Cherie Morgan. Ingrid is the Co-Director of Playing Out. Playing Out is a national organisation and movement for long-term change, supporting children’s right to play outside on their streets and in their local area. She is passionate about the importance of freedom and creativity in play for children. Cherie Morgan is the head of Projects at Play Scotland. Her role is to work with partners to develop and lead projects that will improve children’s opportunities for play in their local community, with a focus on co-creation and action research. She led on the creation of the Playful Streets Resource, which supports communities to improve play opportunities their spaces in a number of ways.Find out more about Playful Streets here: https://www.playscotland.org/get-involved/communities/Find out more about Playing Out here: https://playingout.net/