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Announcement
Apolitical puts the spotlight on scaling social impact
We have been working with Apolitical, a platform for public servants, on a series of articles about scaling social impact (scaling up programmes…
News
Watch and share clips from the documentary ‘The Beginning of Life’
Watch and share some short clips from the documentary The Beginning of Life, which shines a light on the importance of the…
Report
Space to Grow: 10 Principles to Support Families in Cities
This report offers 10 principles that support happy, healthy families in a playful, friendly city.
Corporate Publications
Annual Report 2017
This report illustrates our impact in 2017, capturing what we achieved and what we learnt.
Case
Advocating Paid Leave for New Dads
Research shows that the father’s presence in the earliest stages of a child’s life is closely related to the amount of involvement…
Announcement
Growing up in the city: Putting children first creates cities for all
A child-friendly city is a city for everyone, young and old. This is because a place that works for children needs to…
Story
Building Better Play: Five Ways London Playgrounds Are Getting It Right
A few years ago, my family was asked to relocate to London for six months for my husband’s job. It was a…
Research report
How Dashboards Can Help Cities Improve Early Childhood Development
This report explores how data dashboards could help guide city leaders and their teams to make better policy decisions about early childhood…
Announcement
CityLab Paris 2017 – Placing young children on the stage of global urban innovation
The mayors of Bogotá, Austin, Quito and Tulsa were among high-profile city leaders who participated in BvLF’s Urban95 breakfast at CityLab Paris…
Story
Playgrounds: more than just grounds to play on?
Playgrounds. I learned so much about them over the last couple of days. To be honest, it turned out that I have…
Q & A
Global Teamwork – An interview with Joan Lombardi
Read the interview with Joan Lombardi, international expert on child development and social policy, for the Global Practices issue of NAEYC’s Young…
Announcement
Let’s hear it from the children: How engaging young children, parents and caregivers in city building means creating better cities for all
Think about your city. What if the needs of young children and their caregivers were prioritised (not just considered) in city decision…