BU Research Blog

On Sunday BU and RSPB staff along with volunteers from SUBU enjoyed hearing what  young people under 12 years old thought about  about being outdoors.

The research team welcomed  over 60 children to the KingFisher Barn to take part in this  ESRC Festival of Social Sciences event. There were various outdoor activities for the young people to try including den building in the woods. Many of the fun activities also gave young visitors the opportunity to share their ideas about the importance of spending time outdoors playing with friends or family. Many of the young visitors added their ideas to the event’s ‘Big ideas Trees’.  There was also the chance for them to suggest how green spaces could be improved to make them more attractive as places to play. Not all the data has been analysed yet but it would seem for the under 5’s one popular enhancement to any green space would be more muddy puddles!