The Museum group children created two body outline surveys. Both agreed that activities, workshops and choice should be in the top six along with safety considerations and parental support. They differed on culture, money and the importance of the building that activities take place in but agreed that space, bullying, crime and transport were lesser considerations. Who the adult in charge is was not seen as a main consideration.This was a small group with less than ten children.The children were quite articulate in expressing their views and had some specific ideas about growing up. e.g. “When I grow up I’d like to be a judge”.

They expressed a very strong desire to live near friends, which shows a strong emphasis on friendship groups. The activities they enjoy are active sports such as football and swimming. They also like going to the cinema and playing on the computer. The focus on their space tended to be within their own houses, particularly bedrooms. In their ideal villages, most had leisure facilities, lots of green spaces and food and entertainment facilities. This group also emphasised the need for a cemetery - this cropped up in a number of groups as a direct reference of the children to losing relatives or expressing the desire to understand more about death.
A number of children created ‘hotels’ where they would live but also put up their friends - the idea of a child controlled environment was quite popular.

Some children expressed their pleasure when adults took an interest in them and helped them.

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