research in practice

This Change Project aims to increase housing professionals’ awareness of key issues for children and young people – with a focus on outdoor play space. It aims to encourage better inter-agency working between housing professionals and those working with children and families. It will also promote evidence-informed approaches to the development and management of outdoor play space for children and young people.

Change Project pilot

The pilot materials consist of four resources that can be downloaded below:

1. The pilot Handbook is designed to help social housing professionals assess and develop current practice. Key research and practice messages around the provision and management of outdoor play spaces for children and young people.

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2. The Tools. Eight practical exercises and activities designed to help you put the material in this handbook into practice.

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3. E-Learning which you can use to test and improve your knowledge.

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4. Online films to bring to life some the case studies that are illustrated in these materials.

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Housing professionals have a key role to play in children and young people's lives and this project will inspire and distil an unfamiliar knowledge base in an accessible way - it would be a great way to start building good professional working relationships with housing and bring children and young people's agendas to the fore.

Who this pilot is for

This pilot is for:

• housing professionals with strategic responsibility for developing and maintaining outdoor play space,
• those with a remit for managing spaces and developing relationships with the community,
• play strategy workers,
• the voluntary sector where there is an interest in improving access and design of outdoor play space for children with particular needs.

This could include housing officers, neighbourhood officers, regeneration teams, TARA members and tenant involvement officers.

Further information

Play Pilot Information (113.5 kB)

Play Application Form (107 kB)

Key dates

All completed application forms and queries about the piloting process should be directed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Alternatively, you can fax your completed form to 0114 2226483 or post:

Sarah Moore, research in practice, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, 169-171 Northumberland Road, Sheffield. S10 1DF

The dates of the three group meetings will be:

Thursday 17 February 2011

Tuesday 29 March 2011

Tuesday 17 May 2011

The meetings will be held in Sheffield from 10.30-4.00 and participants will be required to attend all three meetings.

Facilitators

Colleen Eccles, (formerly) Deputy Director, research in practice
Dr Helen Woolley, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield

Further info

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