Safer streets, neighbourhoods which embrace children playing in them and a public transport system that is affordable and takes young people where they want to go are all essential in a civilised public realm. Until recently, these have not received the attention that they should. ‘Things to do and places to go’ were recognised as important in Every Child Matters, but a programme of change in the delivery of statutory services was slow to realise that some outcomes could only be delivered by changes to public infrastructure and public space.
This document highlights the change that needs to happen to deliver the sspirations of the Children’s Plan.
