2018
News
Playing it Safe? BvLF publishes new white paper
The Bernard van Leer Foundation commissioned independent researcher Tim Gill to write Playing it Safe? A global white paper on risk, liability…
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…
Story
Our campaign to make Turin a healthy and playable city
On 23 May, the cheARIArespiro project – a winner of the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Urban95 Challenge – will present findings and…
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.
Case
Peer Cities Network spreads innovations in Israel
Our partners the Urban Clinic at Hebrew University established the Peer Cities Network to enable Urban95 solutions to scale across Israel by…
Historical cases
Building on Islamic Values
How early childhood education became a national priority in Morocco that transformed attitudes and systems around preschool education.
Research report
Services for Children and Family in Istanbul District Municipalities
This report summaries early childhood services across 39 districts in Istanbul to inform policy discussions around improving them.
Corporate Publications
Annual Report 2017
This report illustrates our impact in 2017, capturing what we achieved and what we learnt.
Case
Improving parenting at scale through existing health workers
Visits from community health workers have been shown to have positive effects on the health, nutrition, learning and safety of young children…
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…
Case
Digitaf shows how Tel Aviv is prioritising young children
Every child born in Tel Aviv is now sent a Digitaf card. Launched in December 2017, Digitaf – which reads in Hebrew…