Make Space for Girls: Impact report 2023
The Make Space for Girls Impact Report for 2023 summarises what they did last year and how they hope it is changing things for the better for teenage girls.
At present, they are focusing activities on five different activities – raising awareness, engagement, research, policy and getting things built. The report sets out what they have achieved in each of these areas, from appearing on Radio 4 to working with Girl Guiding Scotland.
Some of the highlights this year include:
- The Parkwatch Report, which revealed for the first time just how male-dominated facilities for teenagers really are.
- Working in partnership on a project in Bradford which led to two spaces co-designed with teenage girls.
- Being part of the team which created the Safer Parks Guidance, because safety is perhaps the biggest barrier to girls and young women accessing public spaces.
- Researchers-in-Residence project, engaging with five groups to find out what girls really think about public space.
- Creating this website, giving people lots of information, research and background along with the tools to make changes themselves.
But one of the biggest highlights is, funnily enough, the work that they don’t do themselves. Because the biggest sign that the message is getting through is that other people are taking the idea and running with it – whether that’s councils writing the needs of teenage girls into planning policies and play strategies, local parks running their own events and consultations, or organisations across the board writing our campaign into their own work.
