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Many teenage girls in the UK are faced with the depressing fact that their local parks and green spaces don’t feel like places meant for them. Make Space for Girls is a UK charity that works to change that.

Girls have been designed out of parks and we need to design them back in.

This isn’t about creating segregated play spaces (though that’s often what we currently have). It’s not about ‘fixing the girls’ – it’s about fixing the spaces.

We ask: what else could there be? Listen to young people, challenge outdated assumptions and campaign for inclusive designs that work for a range of users.

But here’s the reality: we’re a small charity, powered by volunteers and a couple of freelancers. We don’t have big budgets or big backers – our work is only possible because of the generosity of funders, sponsors, and donors.
If you believe in what we’re doing, we’d love your support. Whether that’s by sharing our work, connecting us with potential funders, or making a donation – it all makes a difference.

Let’s make parks and public spaces better for teenage girls. Because every young person deserves to feel welcome, safe and seen.
https://www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk

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Above all, we place teenage girls at the centre of all our work – they are the experts on their local spaces and understand how to make things better. And there is no ‘one size fits everyone’; all their voices need to be heard for change to happen.

We are working on a range of projects which improve parks and other outdoor spaces in order to support opportunities for teenage girls and improve their mental and physical well-being and their access to public space. We collaborate with a wide range of institutions, including universities, health trusts, councils and developers to create change.

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