Place Standard tools for children and young people

The Project

In 2019-20, Play Scotland and APiC led the development of two new Place Standard Tools, in consultation with children and young people across Scotland. The Children’s Tool is intended to broadly meet the needs of the  5-12 age group (and younger through involvement of a parent/carer). While the Young People’s Tool is intended to broadly meet the needs of the 13-18 age group.  The tools are now available at the Place Standard tool website by clicking here.

Client

Scottish Government on behalf of the Place Standard Implementation Partnership (NHS Health Scotland, Architecture & Design Scotland and Scottish Government). Delivered in partnership with Play Scotland.

Brief

The existing Place Standard Tool is a way of assessing places and provides a simple framework to structure conversations about them. It allows you to think about the physical elements of a place – e.g. its buildings, spaces, and transport links – as well as the social aspects – e.g. whether people feel they have a say in decision making. The project remit included creating two new versions of the Place Standard tool – a Children’s version and a Young People’s version to cover age range 0-25.

Impact

These are valuable tools which support children  and young people’s rights and participation in planning, design and delivery of high quality places. The project also involved developing materials to guide facilitators and to support links between the Place Standard tool and key policy areas. These include the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Curriculum for Excellence, and Getting it Right for Every Child.