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If a play area is the answer, what is the question?
I have been working with the National Trust since 2009 to engage more children and families in their unique properties, coast and countryside, through playful offers and activities. I am now pleased to...
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National Trust calls for action on children and nature
The National Trust this morning announced a two-month inquiry into children’s relationship with nature. Launching the inquiry with the publication of a report written by leading naturalist and...
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Is ‘nature deficit disorder’ the right rallying cry?
The term ‘nature deficit disorder’ – as used by the National Trust in its recent report – has come in for criticism, in a Guardian article, and in a post by playwork academic Wendy Russell on Play...
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Can you match your screen time with wild time – and encourage children to do...
The movement to reconnect children with nature has just had a shot in the arm, with the launch yesterday of a new website and campaign to get 1 million children away from screens and out of doors....
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National Trust shares my plea for benign neglect
Today the National Trust’s Outdoor Nation website posted a piece from me that aims to win parents over to the goal of expanding children’s horizons. I had to think carefully when writing it. Most of my...
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Is this film the tipping point for a more free-range childhood?
George Bernard Shaw allegedly once advised that if you are going to espouse radical ideas, you should wear a respectable suit. David Bond, director and protagonist of the new documentary film Project...
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