On Monday, Katie Beck, Policy Fellow and Urban95 Academy Manager at LSE Cities joined the London child Poverty Summit, hosted by the Childhood Trust as a panellist discussing London as a city of contrasts exploring the physical and emotional implications of lacking public spaces for children and their caregivers.
In a discussion led by Manny Hothi, CEO of Trust for London, Panellists Candice Brown, BEM, Director of Loughborough Community Centre, Taz Virdee, Chief Executive at C-Change West London and Heston Big Local, and Mollie Gray-Wills, St. Andrews Club explored how the design of and access to public spaces impacts children’s physical and emotional health and wellbeing.
The interactive session dug into the complex question: Is London a city for children and young people? Touching on the city’s active mobility infrastructure, employment opportunities for young people, and how urban policy values care-work, the discussion highlighted the uneven nature of provision of services and access to public space.