In 2009, Alice and her neighbour Amy Rose came up with the idea of temporarily transforming their street into a safe ‘shared space’ where children could play out freely, simply by closing the road to through-traffic for a short time. This model was intended as a catalyst for debate and a culture-shift towards all children having greater freedom to play out where they live. Alice is now director of Playing Out CIC, a not-for-proftit organisation set up to support the growing national movement of residents across the UK actively involved in making their streets a place to play. Alice is a mum of two and considers herself towards the free-range end of the parenting spectrum.