In this episode, Nicola speaks to Alice Ferguson from Playing Out and Charlotte Gage from Adfree Cities about how our planning system fails children and leads to cities unable to meet young people's needs. The conversation ranges from planning to housing to public health, and of course advertising, to build the case that children are routinely overlooked as a group with needs of their own with generational consequences. In the end, building child-friendly cities would benefit not only the youngest in society but all of us.

Show notes:

• Find out more about Playing Out: https://playingout.net/
• Alice mentions a project in Hartcliffe, Bristol: https://playingout.net/inspiration/creative-projects/hartcliffe-safer-streets-films-event/
• Adfree Cities' report Consuming Childhood can be read here: http://adfreecities.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Adfree-Cities-Report-Consuming-Childhood_-How-Advertising-Impacts-Children-and-Young-People-Oct-20241.pdf
• GAP's work on surveillance advertising: https://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/online-climate/end-surveillance-advertising-to-kids/stop

Find out more about Adfree Cities at https:www.adfreecities.org.uk and on Bluesky and Instagram @adfreecities.

Credits:

Produced by Nicola Round and James Ward.

Edited by James Ward.

Presented by Nicola Round.

Music by mishima.

Thanks to John Sheerman.

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