🎉A DAY FOR PLAY! 🎉 Wishing our 362 communities running Playful Streets across the globe 🇮🇪🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇿🇦🇵🇰🇲🇽🇩🇰🌍 a very ✨Happy International Day of Play✨

Thanks to ChangeX & The LEGO Foundation for their incredible support

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 are now in
‣ 9 countries 🇮🇪🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇿🇦🇵🇰🇲🇽🇩🇰🇻🇳
‣ 362 communities
‣ 5 languages 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇻🇳🇪🇸🇩🇰

✨Befores → Afters✨ of The Gaps, Sallynoggin, May 2025.

"What makes this project truly unique is that it is entirely community led."

- Frank Curran, Chief Executive, DRLCC

In partnership with @dlrcc.bsky.social @aplayfulcity.bsky.social & the National Transport Authority

What makes a street exciting, relaxing, or stressful to walk on?

A new study presents a systematic way to analyse how urban design shapes emotions.

✨ Lively streets excite 🎭
🌿 Green spaces relax 🍃
🏢 Monotony bores
🚗 Traffic stress 😨

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Children's independent mobility is not just a matter of individual choices, but a product of the environments we create.

Shift the focus from simply mitigating risks for children in dangerous environments to creating environments that are safe & supportive of children's independence.