Action for Children Scotland
Action for Children supports and speaks out for the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK
Active Scotland
Looking for ways to get active, but not sure where to start? Active Scotland is here to get you going. Put your postcode or town in the search box and we'll find activities close to home, from easy to extreme.
http://www.activescotland.org.uk/
Association of Play Industries
The Association of Play Industries (API) represents the interests of manufacturers, installers, designers and distributors of both outdoor and indoor play equipment and safety surfacing.
http://www.api-play.org/
Asthma UK Scotland
Asthma UK Scotland is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people with asthma in Scotland www.asthma.org.uk/scotland
Barnardo's Scotland
Barnardo's Scotland provides more than 60 community-based services throughout the country working with over 10,000 vulnerable children, young people and their families. www.barnardos.org.uk/scotland
British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT)
Professional association for play and therapy in the UK.
Web: www.bapt.uk.com
CABE Space
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) is the government's advisor on architecture, urban design and public space. CABE Space concentrates on parks, streets and squares.
www.cabe.org.uk/space
Capability Scotland
Capability works with disabled people of all ages and their families and carers throughout Scotland.
In addition to providing a range of modern, flexible services we are also a campaigning organisation, committed to using the influence we have to ensure disabled people achieve the same human and civil rights as the rest of society.
http://www.capability-scotland.org.uk/
Children Accident Prevention Turst (CAPT)
Children 1st
http://www.children1st.org.uk/
Children in Scotland
Children in Scotland is the national agency for voluntary, statutory and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families in Scotland.
http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/
Children's Parliament
The voice of Scotland's Children
Web: http://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/
Tel: 0131 558 9030
Children’s Play Information Service
Tel: 020 7843 6303/6026
The national information service on children’s play funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and based at the National Children’s Bureau Library, London.
Web: www.ncb.org.uk/library/cpis
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
COSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, is the representative voice of Scottish local government and also acts as the employers' association on behalf of all Scottish councils.
Equipe
Aims to bring childcare, playwork and social enterprise together to provide better services for communities. Web: www.equipe.org.uk
European Obesity Group
The European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG) consists of researchers from many European countries.
The aim of the association is to arrange meetings among active researchers in childhood obesity. Web
Fields in Trust
The national organisation working to safeguard play, sport and informal recreational spaces.
Web: www.fieldsintrust.org
Free Play Network
Aims to promote greater public understanding of the need for better play opportunities for children, by promoting discussion, exchange of information, and guidance on best practice in development of children's play opportunities
Tel: 020 8440 9276
Web: www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk
Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission has a specific project which actively promotes play in the natural environment. The Forest Commission delivers the practical programmes to make sure that, as communities and individuals, we can get the most from them.
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/
Free Play Network
Free Play Network is a network of individuals and organisations, which aims to promote the need for better play opportunities for children.
http://www.freeplaynetwork.org.uk/
Greenspace Scotland
greenspace scotland is an independent charitable company. We work with a wide range of national and local partners to improve the quality of life of people living and working in urban Scotland through the planning, development and sustainable management of greenspaces. Our activities include policy advocacy, partnership development and support, research, enabling and sharing practice. http://www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/
Grounds for Learning
Grounds for Learning, part of the UK charity Learning through Landscapes, helps Scottish schools and early years settings make the most of their outdoor spaces for play and learning.
School grounds are essential to children's learning and development, providing opportunities for healthy exercise, creative play, making friends, learning through doing and getting in touch with the natural world. We believe all children have the right to enjoy and benefit from well designed, managed and used school grounds. http://www.gflscotland.org.uk/
Groundwork UK
A federation of local trusts working with partners in deprived areas to improve the quality of local environment, including play space in the community and in schools.
Web: www.groundwork.org.uk
Health and Safety Executive
Ideas for the Kids
Stuck for something to do with the kids?
Let Moley help you find great kids days out in the UK!
Welcome to IdeasForTheKids.com, the UK's most comprehensive free online source of places to go and things to do with your kids. Looking for great ideas for kids days out? Then you've come to the right place. We've helped over 500,000 families find fun places to take the kids.
Web link
International Play Association
The international non-governmental organisation promoting the child’s right to play.
Web: www.ipaworld.org
Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure (ISPAL)
The professtional body of the leisure industry
Tel: 0845 603 8734
Web: http://www.ispal.org.uk/
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The UK's largest independent social policy research and development charity http://www.jrf.org.uk/
Kids Exercise
KidsExercise is a website which gives expert advise on how to keep children (and families) exercising.
Web link
Kidsactive
Aims to support the work of community pre-schools through training, quality assurance systems, publications, advice and advocacy. Web: www.kidsactive.org.uk
Learning Through Landscapes
A national charity which campaigns for children's right to decent school grounds and helps schools to improve their school grounds. Web: www.ltl.org.uk
LGBT Youth Scotland
LGBT Youth Scotland is a national youth organisation working towards the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people in the life of Scotland. http://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/
Living Streets
Scottish arm of the national charity Living Streets. Their vision for Living Streets is for safe, attractive, enjoyable streets across Scotland.
Web link
London Play
London Play's aim is for every child in London to have high quality, accessible and inclusive play opportunities. Web: www.londonplay.org.uk
Nancy Ovens Awards
Annual Awards for a range of quality play achievements.
Further information can be found at: Web: http://www.nancyovenstrust.org.uk/
National Playbus Association in Scotland
The national association supporting mobile play and other services. Web: www.playbus.org.uk
National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries
The national body for toy and leisure libraries in the UK. Web: www.natll.org.uk
Playday
Playday is the annual celebration of children's play, a national campaign with hundreds of events organised by local campaigners across the country. Playday is coordinated by Play England working in partnership with Play Wales, Play Scotland and PlayBoard Northern Ireland.
http://www.playday.org.uk/
PLAYLINK
PLAYLINK is working to ensure that all children have easy access to quality play environments.
http://www.playlink.org.uk/
PlayBoard Northern Ireland
Promoting the importance of play for all children in Northern Ireland. http://www.playboard.org/
Play England
Promoting the importance of play for all children in England.
http://www.playengland.org.uk/
Play Wales
The national organisation for play in Wales. Provides advice, support and guidance with an interest in children's play in Wales. Web: www.playwales.org.uk
Real Wolrd Learning
Real World Learning is a chance to get outdoors and experience nature and culture first hand rather than learning from a blackboard, textbook or computer screen.
It’s the chance to hunt for bugs, grow your own food, appreciate the darkness and mystery of a cave, smell and touch the forest or paddle on a river.
For further information click here
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
Safe Kids
Web with information on how to keep your children safe and healthy.
Web Link
Save the Children
Save the Children believes all children have a right to a happy, healthy and secure start in life. But that's far from the experience of millions of children around the world. Instead, their childhoods are marred by poverty, ill-health, war, violence and discrimination.
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/
Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP)
SCCYP promotes and safeguards the rights of children and young people living in Scotland. www.sccyp.org.uk
Scottish Care Commission
Improving Care in Scotland. www.carecommission.com
Scottish Government
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Youth Parliament
http://www.scotishyouthparliament.org.uk/
SkillsActive
Sportscotland
Their mission is to encourage everyone in Scotland to discover and develop their own sporting experience, helping to increase participation and improve performances in Scottish sport. www.sportscotland.org.uk
Sure Start Scotland
Provides broad-based support for families with very young children. The aim is to expand the availability of support focussing on more deprived communities and vulnerable families.
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/aboutsurestart/help/contacts/scotland/
RoSPA Play Safety
The play safety site of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents website has downloadable information sheets on playground safety and legislation.
Web: www.rospa.co.uk
SkillsActive Playwork Unit
The Playwork unit is part of SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure and Learning and supports playwork and playworkers in a range fo ways. Information sheets can be downloaded from their website. Web: www.playwork.org.uk
Take Life On, One Step at a Time
Healthier Scotland initiative from the Scottish Government. Web Link
The Yard Adventure Centre
The Yard was established in 1986 as a purpose built indoor and outdoor play facility and adventure playground for children and young people with additional support needs. http://www.theyardscotland.org.uk/
Young Scot
YouthLink Scotland
