IFGA26 Categories > Safety & Inclusiveness

Safety & Inclusiveness

Working on a project addressing safety, access or inclusion in place?

This category is likely a good fit.

This category focuses on how children and young people shape how safe, accessible and inclusive places are.

It includes work where their input influences:

  • how risks are understood

  • how spaces are accessed

  • how inclusion is designed or applied

The key is removing barriers and improving equity in place.

What this includes

  • Input shaping inclusive design or access

  • Contributions addressing safety or risk

  • Work improving fairness, accessibility or usability

  • Changes to how places are experienced by different groups

What counts

  • Evidence of improved safety or inclusion

  • Changes to access, design or approach

  • Outcomes reducing barriers in place

This doesn’t include

  • General wellbeing work without inclusion focus

  • Awareness without changes to practice

  • Participation without impact on access or safety

If your work spans multiple areas, choose the category that best reflects what changed.

Examples of strong submissions
These illustrate how children and young people have shaped how place is used, expressed or understood in the present.

  • Young people’s input led to changes in how a place is represented or presented, reflecting local identity.

  • Contributions influenced how stories are expressed or experienced within a space.

  • Young people’s ideas shaped how culture is expressed, influencing use or programming.

  • Input informed how creative work is integrated into a place.

  • Projects where cultural activity led to changes in how a place is perceived or used today.

Eligibility

You can submit as a client, public body, or project partner — not just a delivery organisation.