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We are a movement that gives children their city back. Outdoor play has fallen by half in a generation. Fewer than three in ten kids play out on their street anymore. In the UK, a third of children don't play outside at all after school, and one in five don't play outside even on weekends.

Kids who play outside regularly have better social and emotional skills. Better mental health, not just as children but into adulthood. A good city has kids outside in it. A city with children present is a city that's working.

We are a movement that gives children their city back. Outdoor play has fallen by half in a generation. Fewer than three in ten kids play out on their street anymore. In the UK, a third of children don't play outside at all after school, and one in five don't play outside even on weekends.

The distance an eight year old is allowed to roam alone has shrunk from six miles to about 300 yards over four generations. Meanwhile the average child spends around three hours a day on a screen. Some studies put it much higher.