Celebrating Play and Safe Streets with the Streets Alive Project

Listening to and amplifying the voices of children to advocate for their right to play safely. #

Thanks to a Town Team Movement grant from the Road Safety Commission as part of the Streets Alive Project, VCI ran a workshop with 20 children between the ages of 3 and 10 in Bassendean. They told us about the many and varied ways they like to play outside on their streets with their friends like riding bikes, foursquare, chalk drawing and soccer. We asked them about what makes it safe or unsafe for them to play outside on their streets, and how the adults in their lives could make it easier and safer. The children had lots of great ideas about footpaths, speed limits, street trees and supervision that we are excited to share with the Town of Bassendean.

After the workshops we put on a street party in collaboration with Hello Basso, we closed the road hundreds of residents enjoyed stalls run by kids and families for kids, there was homemade lemonade and treats, art and craft, bubbles, bike tracks, cubby making, book selling, a sausage sizzle from the local men’s shed, and more!

If you're keen to organise something similar in your neighbourhood, get in touch with us today to find out how you can help bring play, safety, and community spirit to your local streets!