{"id":76083,"date":"2023-03-10T18:33:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=76083"},"modified":"2023-03-12T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T14:55:38","slug":"we-should-listen-to-our-youngsters-says-team-looking-at-improving-grangetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2023\/03\/10\/we-should-listen-to-our-youngsters-says-team-looking-at-improving-grangetown\/","title":{"rendered":"We should listen to our youngsters, says team looking at improving Grangetown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">\u2018It is their future city that we are planning and we need to hear their ideas,&#8217; say lecturers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>RESEARCHERS behind the <em>Grangetown to Grow Up In<\/em> project have stressed the importance of involving young people in planning the future of their neighbourhoods and cities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cardiff University team asked schoolchildren aged eight to 18 what they liked most in Grangetown and the things they want improved, with the proposals passed on to Cardiff Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Fitzalan-high-school-prm-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Fitzalan High School pupils working with Dr Khan on the project. <\/strong><br>Credit: Dr Matluba Khan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Project-lead and urban design lecturer, Matluba Khan, says the aim was to develop a post-Covid recovery plan focusing on young people who, she says, are often sidelined from the process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the Royal Town Planning Insititute, she said: \u201cConsulting children and young people in urban planning is not new. However, it doesn\u2019t happen as widely as you\u2019d expect.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn many instances when children\u2019s views are asked, the consultation remains tokenistic and rarely feeds into plans and policies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Khan\u2019s colleague, Neil Harris, who was also involved with the project, stressed the importance of listening to youngsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are residents of that community &#8211; they deserve to be engaged as much as anyone else,\u201d said Dr Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to make sure that any plan-making activity &#8211; at neighbourhood scale through to city scale &#8211; is framed in a way that makes it possible for children and young people to get involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is their future city that we are planning and we need to hear their perspective and ideas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Map-problems-now.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76120\" width=\"253\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Map-problems-now.png 452w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Map-problems-now-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Map-problems-now-293x416.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Map-problems-now.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76120\" width=\"253\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Map-problems-now.png 452w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Map-problems-now-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Map-problems-now-293x416.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>A map showing how youngsters feel about parts of their local area. <\/strong><br>Credit: A Grangetown to Grow Up In<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76121\" width=\"479\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76121\" width=\"479\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/Ninian-park-prim-school.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Children from Ninian Park Primary making models<\/strong> <strong>of their area.<\/strong> <br>Credit: Dr Matluba Khan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupils from Fitzalan High, Grangetown Primary, Ninian Park Primary and Ysgol Gynradd Hamadryad were invited to creative workshops where they made maps, models and visited local sites where they wanted to see improvements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green spaces like Grange Gardens and Sevenoaks Park, and shops like IKEA and Asda, were well liked, whereas parts of Grangemoor Park and places such as Taff Embankment were said to be unsafe and restrictive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerns ranged from the areas being too open, quiet and dangerous, to fears of conflict with older children who loiter there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To overcome these issues, the children came up with solutions (below), sorted into four categories and with a timeframe ranging from the immediate future to five or more years down the line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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I look forward to a more child-friendly environment to live in,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suggestions have been welcomed by Cardiff Council which is considering them in more detail as it works work towards becoming a Unicef <a href=\"https:\/\/childfriendlycities.org\/\">Child Friendly City<\/a>, which means placing children and young people\u2019s rights at the heart of decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grangetown councillor Ash Lister told <em>The Cardiffian <\/em>this was not just a listening exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCouncil officers in various departments have been asked to review the plan and to explore how they can implement real change based on the views of the children and young people of Grangetown,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_5767.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Some of the suggestions the youngsters involved in the project put together. <\/strong><br>Credit: Alfie Reynolds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m looking forward to working on the plan with Child Friendly Cardiff, Cardiff University and council officers so we can feed back on how we\u2019ll implement the plan for our children and young people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Khan believes that children and young people in Grangetown should be proud of what they have achieved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTheir views are integral to this vision of a better Grangetown, one which is inclusive for all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe think planning professionals can learn from how we engaged with the children and the different creative approaches we used,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An exhibition displaying <em>A Grangetown to Grow Up In <\/em>can be found on the third floor of Cardiff Central Library until March 31, or can be viewed online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtpi.org.uk\/media\/13885\/grangetown-plan-english.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018It is their future city that we are planning and we need to hear their ideas,&#8217; say researchers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":910,"featured_media":76100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,3],"tags":[52,265,71],"coauthors":[8084],"class_list":["post-76083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grangetown","category-news","tag-cardiff-council","tag-cardiff-university","tag-grangetown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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