In 2009, Alice and her neighbour Amy Rose came up with the idea of temporarily transforming their Bristol street into a safe ‘shared space’ where children could play freely outside their front door, simply by closing the road to through-traffic for a short time. They saw this as a step towards restoring children’s freedom to play out in their communities as a vital part of a happy, healthy childhood.  Alice is now co-Director of Playing Out CIC, supporting the growing national parent-led play streets movement of over 1000 street communities across 100 local authority areas.   

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