Exhibition
Child's Play
03 Feb 2017 – 30 Apr 2017
Foundling Museum
London, United Kingdom
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Mark Neville, 'Child, Jacket, Slaughtered Goat, Sweets, Painted Nails, Xmas Day, Helmand’, 2010, courtesy Mark Neville
Conference
Symposium: Space to Play
20 Mar 2017
Cost of entry
Tickets £20, £15 concessions
Address
- 40 Brunswick Square
- London
- WC1N 1AZ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 59, 68, 91, 168, 188
- Russell Square, King's Cross St Pancras
- Euston, St Pancras International and King's Cross
Event map
Campaigner Adrian Voce OBE leads a symposium on children’s play.
About
The importance of time and space for children to play is established across a range of scientific disciplines with a child’s right to play recognised in international law. Yet play is rarely a priority for government, planners or developers. Public spaces are increasingly privatised, and in the age of austerity, the play projects and services that bridge this deficit, such as adventure playgrounds, are often first in line for closure. As part of Child’s Play, this symposium seeks to advocate for improved provision for this universal right and explores why play is not better protected within the public realm, alongside what can or should be done to afford all children the space to play.
