About the conference
Where people live affects their ability to live healthy and long lives. For children and young people who are rapidly developing physically, emotionally and socially, their environments can have profound impacts on their lives and opportunities as they grow up and transition to adulthood.
On 18 June 2024, the TCPA’s Developing Well conference explored the relationship between children, young people and the built environment, the critical importance of creating healthy places in which they can thrive, the challenges and opportunities, and highlighted case studies of place-based practice from local authorities and the private sector. The conference was sponsored by Sport England.
Agenda:
The conference had four sessions (listed below) which are available to watch on the TCPA website.
Session one: ‘Developing well’ – creating places and spaces where children and young people thrive
Session two: Why is creating places and spaces where children and young people can ‘develop well’ so important?
Session three: What can Local Authorities do, across their roles and powers, to create environments where children and young people ‘develop well’?
Session four: How can the private sector collaborate and bring forward the voices of children and young people in development and shaping environments?
Further resources:
Blog: ‘Give children their childhood back’ – reflections from the Developing well conference
