Making Space for Girls in Broomfield Park

The Make Space for Girls Broomfield Park project has published a report on the series of workshops with young women last spring. The workshops aimed to  to explore and co-design ideas of what’s needed to make Broomfield Park more appealing and welcoming,

The Make Space for Girls Broomfield Park project is a collaboration between the Friends of Broomfield Park, The Palmers Greenery Community Cafe, Enfield Council, and the national charity Make Space for Girls. The project is funded by the Palmers Greenery and is working to create a welcoming space for teenage girls, non-binary teens, and boys in Broomfield Park. 

The project included five after-school workshops in Broomfield Park to explore with participants how to create spaces in parks, as well as budgets, timelines, and feasibility . An important element of the approach was listening to young people aged 12 to 25 - encouraging them to think about Broomfield Park and identify what would make it more welcoming to young people  

Finally the findings from the workshops will be used to design new park facilities that participants will be happy to use; the new report outlines some proposals.

Make Space for Girls is a charity that campaigns for parks to be more inclusive. They raise awareness of the issue, as well as using research and campaigning to ensure that the voices of girls and young women are heard in the planning process.