Our second pilot project workshop was a participatory, youth-participatory design and research workshop with children and young people from local schools. The workshop explored the themes of daylight exposure, health and wellbeing and outdoor activities through outdoor and indoor design innovation process activities. The workshop participants explored when, how and why different imagined ´personas´ might access adequate daylight exposure. USN PhD research fellows shared some of the biological science of light, the eye and brain for humans. Participants took part in demonstrations of light measurement technology and wearables.

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The Kick Off Regional Partners Workshop brought together specialists in eye health, sport and play, public health leaders and advisors, educators and outdoor play space design practitioners. They gathered for an active participatory workshop (group work, walk and talks and roundtable discussions) to address the importance of daylight exposure and preventative health, current initiatives and what is needed in the future both in practice and further research.