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Author: Jenny Lester

The Best Toy in the World? A Simple Cardboard Box

24 November 2025

As the festive season approaches and shopping for gifts begins, we can be…

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Full Report Launched: The Scottish School Grounds Survey 2025

19 November 2025

In early 2025, over 1000 schools in Scotland, including primary, secondary and specialist…

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Join our board! Board of Trustees Vacancy

28 October 2025

Join our Board as a Trustee and contribute your expertise   We are seeking…

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1 October 2025

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Faith Breads – Reflecting on Four Weeks Volunteering with Play Scotland

23 September 2025

Play has not always been a serious scholarly interest of mine. It became…

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The Power of Playdough

28 August 2025

Written by Fiona Kirkland Playdough has always had a bit of magic about…

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Getting it Right for Play: A New Chapter

25 August 2025

Written by Cherie Morgan How do you like to play? That’s one of…

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Invitation to Play Scotland’s AGM

20 August 2025

Play Scotland is delighted to invite you to our 2025 Annual General Meeting…

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Getting it Right for Play Launched!

13 August 2025

We are delighted to launch Getting it Right for Play – our updated…

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Over 500 People Playing at Playday Aberdeen!

13 August 2025

Duthie Park was alive with laughter, creativity, and joyful energy with over 500…

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Balancing Screen Time: A Children’s Rights Perspective

30 July 2025

Our Head of Projects, Cherie Morgan, recently spoke to Forth 1 about the…

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Playday Aberdeen

17 July 2025

Play Scotland is delighted to announce that we are organising a Playday event…

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New Chief Executive Appointed to lead Play Scotland

7 July 2025

Play Scotland is delighted to announce the appointment of Mary Ramsay as its…

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Scotland’s Play Park Survey

3 July 2025

Scotland’s Play Park Survey is the first Scotland-wide consultation on local play spaces….

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Thank You for Soaring with Us on the International Day of Play!

19 June 2025

A huge thank you to all the schools across Scotland who joined us…

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Report Launched: School Grounds in Scotland 2025

16 June 2025

School grounds can afford opportunities for pupils and the wider school community to…

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Play Scotland backs new ‘Made to Move’ campaign on active school uniforms

2 June 2025

We’re proud to be a founding partner of the Active Uniform Alliance (AUA)…

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Celebrate the International Day of Play – 11th June

7 May 2025

This year is the 2nd annual UN International Day of Play. The theme for this…

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Playday 2025 Theme Launched!

5 May 2025

Playday is the national day for play, organised by Play Scotland, Play Board…

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Welcoming the Centre for Young Lives to Scotland

25 April 2025

We were delighted to host researchers from the Centre for Young Lives as…

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Vacancy: Play Scotland CEO

7 April 2025

We are recruiting for a new Chief Executive Officer. Play Scotland: Chief Executive…

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Launch of Scotland’s Play Vision Statement and Action Plan 2025-2030

24 March 2025

We are delighted to celebrate the launch of Scotland’s Play Vision Statement and…

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Participation, Play and Recreation in Ireland

27 January 2025

Participation, Play and Recreation in Ireland – Marguerite Hunter Blair I was delighted…

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Scottish School Grounds Survey

22 January 2025

We are working with Learning through Landscapes, Nature Scot, and Professor Jonh McKendrick…

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Scotland’s Play Charter

Scotland’s Play Charter describes our collective commitment to play for all children and young people. Supporters of the Charter know that children have the right to play and value play as an essential part of children’s health and wellbeing as individuals and part of the community.

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Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

  • Cambusbarron Village Nursery
  • St Charles’ Primary School
  • C.O.J.A.C. Caring Operations Joint Action Council
  • Culture NL
  • Early Steps Nursery
  • Tinies
  • Parenting Across Scotland
  • East Pollockshields Out of School Care
  • NG Homes
  • Tarves Primary School
  • Aberfoyle Nursery
  • Canongate Youth
  • Aberdeenshire Council
  • Hillwood Primary School
  • Murrayburn Primary School
  • Melrose Primary School
  • Support for Families
  • Auchinairn Afterschool Care & Forest School
  • Inspiring Scotland
  • West Dunbartonshire Council
  • Caldercuilt Primary School & Nursery
  • St Peter’s Primary School
  • Child Central Training
  • Kilbarchan AAC
  • Seamab
  • Earthtime for All Ltd
  • Argyle Bridge Children’s Nursery
  • Bonding with Baby
  • Fife Gingerbread
  • St Joseph’s Primary School
  • Fun Lodge After School Care
  • Eyemouth Primary School
  • Aberlady ELOSCN
  • Corstorphine Primary School
  • Abbey Early Years Centre
  • Cookfur Nursery Class
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • St Denis’ Primary School
  • Simpson Primary School & Nursery Class
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • Borders College
  • Newmains Family Learning Centre
  • NHS West Dunbartonshire
  • Holy Corner Community Playgroup
  • Innerwick Primary and Nursery School
  • Scalloway Pre-School
  • Stanmore House School – Capability Scotland
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • Babysign
  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Gylemuir After School Club
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • Professional Learning Academy
  • Licketyspit
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • Parent Action for Safe Play
  • Mini Me Yoga Ambassador
  • Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
  • Bikeability
  • Houston Primary School
  • Milltimber Playgroup
  • Liberton After School Club
  • Flowerpots Childcare
  • Access Parkour Ltd
  • Tingwall Primary School
  • Udston Primary School
  • St George’s School for Girls
  • Buttons & Bows Nursery School
  • First Nursery
  • Barlanark Out of School Care
  • Upstart Scotland
  • Impact Arts
  • Step by Step Nursery
  • Holy Cross Nursery Class
  • Perth & Kinross Council
  • Meadowburn Primary School
  • Arran High School
  • Argyll College
  • The Destiny Project
  • SPELL
  • St Boswells Primary School
  • Hearts and Minds
  • First 4 Kids
  • Barnardo’s APNA Project
  • Off Grid Kids
  • Four Seasons Nursery
  • Play and Sports Limited
  • Home-Start Wigtownshire
  • North Ayrshire Council
  • Heathfield Primary & Early Years Centre
  • Fledglings Childminding Service
  • EA Junior School
  • Windygoul Primary School
  • Abbey Mill Childcare
  • Support from the Start Prestonpans Cluster
  • St Rose of Lima Primary School
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • Falkirk Council
  • Maggie’s Childminding Service
  • Argyll & Bute Council
  • MACS After School Care
  • Leisure and Culture
  • Gracemount Nursery
  • Queens Cross Housing Association
  • Parent and Infant Mental Health Scotland
  • Busy Bairns Childminder
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  • Orkney Library and Archive
  • Angus Council
  • Edible Estates
  • Wellgreen Nursery, Stirling
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • Youth Scotland
  • Crieff Hydro Kids Club
  • The Concrete Garden
  • Nurture the Play
  • Support from the Start North Berwick Cluster
  • Play Midlothian
  • Maxwellton Park Nursery & OSC
  • Perth Autism Support
  • West College Scotland
  • Angus Alive
  • Healthy Valleys
  • East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Wee Gems
  • Rattray Primary School
  • Crieff Hydro
  • Guildford Borough Council Playrangers
  • Giffnock Nursery Class
  • Simply Play
  • Culture & Leisure
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Families First, North Lanarkshire Council
  • Scalloway Youth & Community Centre
  • Hayburn Park Association
  • Play Torbay
  • Gingerbread
  • Mud Pie
  • Cockburnspath Primary School
  • Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  • Pentlands Activity Camps (PAC)
  • Borestone Primary School
  • Forgandenny Primary School
  • Chatelherault Nursery & ASC
  • Glenbervie Kindergarden
  • Òganan Ghlaschu
  • St Paul’s Primary School
  • Task Childcare Services
  • Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • Whitburn and District Community Development Trust
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • PlayBase
  • Children’s Health Scotland
  • Riverside Primary School
  • Newtongrange ASC
  • Outdoor Cleghorn
  • Almond Park Nursery
  • Edinburgh College
  • NHS GGC Children and Families
  • Home-Start East Fife
  • St Leonard’s Primary and Nursery School
  • Rosemount Lifelong Learning
  • Penicuik YMCA-YWCA
  • Edinburgh and Lothians Out of School Care Network
  • Doune Nursery
  • Hanover Street School
  • Edzell Nursery
  • Make Mess Matter
  • Oxley Park Academy
  • Whiteness Primary School
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • Chanonry Beaver Scouts
  • Barnardo’s Scotland
  • Smallworld Out of School Club
  • High School of Dundee
  • Rosetta Early Learners
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary School
  • KO-NEKT (Childcare)
  • St Gerard’s Nursery School
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Springfield Primary School
  • James Gillespie’s Nursery
  • Forest School Leader
  • Maddiston Primary School
  • West Lothian Council
  • Croftamie Nursery
  • Cosy Cottage Nursery School
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • Johnshaven School
  • Glasgow Life
  • Antonine Primary School
  • Muck Primary School
  • Tiptoe’s Children’s Nursery
  • PEEK Project
  • Jordanhill School
  • Erskine Stewart Melville School
  • Wallyford Primary School
  • The Green Team
  • St David’s Primary School
  • Knightswood Primary
  • South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  • YouthLink Scotland
  • TICTACS After School Service
  • Summerston Childcare
  • Clydesdale After School Care
  • Little Lunches
  • Galleon Centre
  • Shetland College UHI
  • TIGERS
  • Castlepark Primary School
  • Holmston Out of Skool Club
  • Arkleston Primary School
  • Craigton Primary School
  • The Wee Childcare Company Ltd
  • Starcatchers
  • International Play Association Scotland
  • Park Primary School
  • Child’s Play Nursery
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • Musselburgh Burgh Primary School
  • The Creativity Portal
  • Inclusive Play
  • Stepping Stones North
  • Cumbernauld YMCA
  • NHS Forth Valley
  • Kinneil Primary School and Early Years Campus
  • Iona Primary Early Years
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • St Columba’s Junior School
  • City of Glasgow College
  • University of Strathclyde
  • RHC NHS GGC
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • MyParkScotland
  • Whiteinch Centre
  • Alyth OOSC
  • Clovenstone Primary School
  • Parsons Green Primary
  • Smart Play Network
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Mid Calder Primary School
  • Scaraway Nursery School
  • Laura’s Little Treasures
  • ACE Place Nursery and OSC
  • Childcare in the Community
  • Commercial Primary School
  • What’s on Inverbervie Community
  • The BIG Project
  • Bridge of Weir Childcare
  • Burnbrae Primary School
  • ASH Scotland
  • Adoption UK
  • Voluntary Action
  • Echline Primary School and Nursery Class
  • Support from the Start Tranent Cluster
  • Roots and Shoots Highland Learning
  • Bankhead After School Care Service
  • Family Fund Scotland
  • Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
  • Jennyswell Out of School Care
  • Enchanted Forest Nursery
  • Dunblane Youth & Sports Centre Trust
  • Camperdown Primary School and Nursery
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • Stramash
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Beech House Nursery
  • North Edinburgh Childcare
  • Sciennes Primary School
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • Scout Association
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Preschool Academy
  • Dunbar Primary School Nursery
  • Home-Start Kincardine
  • Emerald Maintenance
  • Enterprise Childcare
  • Home-Start Levenmouth
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • South Morningside Primary School and Nursery
  • Twinkle Stars Childcare
  • Kidzcare
  • East End Empowering Stars
  • 3D Drumchapel
  • Thornlie Primary School
  • North Queensferry Primary
  • St David’s Primary RC
  • Leaps and Bounds Activities (LBA)
  • Fields in Trust Scotland
  • Middleton Park School
  • University of Dundee
  • Toybox Children’s Centre
  • Gowrie Training and Consultancy
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • Fusion Childcare Services
  • Outdoor Woodland Learning School (OWLS)
  • Operation Play Outdoors
  • Little Acorns
  • Support from the Start Dunbar Cluster
  • St Ninians Nursery
  • Eastmuir Primary School
  • Aberlour Childcare Trust
  • Movement Park
  • Orchard Grove Kindergarten
  • Busby Primary School
  • St Ninian’s Primary School
  • Fife Childcare Services
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • Cairnsmoir Connections
  • Seahorse Nursery
  • Elphinstone Primary
  • Tweedbank Early Learners
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Oxgangs Primary School
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • Fenton Barns Nursery
  • Little Scallywags Nursery
  • Burnfoot Community School
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Living Streets Scotland
  • Interactive Play Scotland
  • Whinhill Primary School
  • Fife Play Resource, Fife Play Development Team, Fife Council
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • Inverbrothock OOSC
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • St Martin’s Primary School and Nursery
  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • Balmore Kindergarten Ltd
  • Gullane After School Club
  • Meiklewood Nursery and After School Care
  • Firpark Primary School
  • CHAS
  • Our Place Our Families
  • Include Me 2 Club
  • Battlefield Primary ASC Association (BPASCA)
  • Jordanhill Out of School Service
  • Childcare Strategy Team
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • PlayBoard NI
  • Creative STAR
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Law Primary School and North Berwick Nursery School
  • Craigour Park Primary School and Nursery
  • Pirie Park Primary School
  • Evanton Wood Community Company
  • Little Forest Friends Scotland
  • Lamlash Early Years Class
  • Islesburgh OOSC
  • CALL Scotland
  • Dens Road Primary School
  • City of Play
  • Scottish Out of School Care Network
  • With Kids
  • The Yard
  • Quarriers
  • Newton Nursery
  • South Ayrshire Council
  • OSCARS Childcare
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • Biggar Primary School and Nursery
  • Healthy n Happy CDT
  • Bruce Family Centre
  • North Edinburgh Arts
  • Parkour UK
  • Lanarkshire Childcare Services
  • The Cottage Family Centre
  • Play Borders
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Newtown Primary School
  • St Sylvester’s Primary School
  • Scottish Book Trust
  • Adelaides Nursery
  • Gap Childcare Services
  • Hyndland After School Club
  • Outlet Play Resource
  • Early Education UK
  • Falkirk Community Trust Libraries
  • Ayrshire College
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • St Margaret’s Primary School
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • WHALE Arts
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Scamps SOSC
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • Project 31
  • Busy Bees Nursery
  • Lauriston Nursery
  • Dirleton Playgroup
  • Towerbank ASC
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Black Lion Games
  • Enable Scotland
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Allan’s Nursery
  • Carli’s Kindergarten
  • Dalmilling Primary School
  • Child’s Play
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • Monkey Puzzle Glasgow Central
  • Playland
  • Red Harbour Events
  • Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Loader Monteith
  • Prestonpans ASC
  • West Johnstone Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • Craiglockhart After School Club
  • Fountainhall Nursery
  • Warout Primary School
  • St Thomas Playgroup
  • Mini French
  • Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • Fife College
  • Stirling ELC
  • Play Alloa
  • Edinburgh Young Carers Project
  • Support from the Start Haddington Cluster
  • Ark Out of School Care
  • Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
  • Goodlyburn Primary School
  • LINKES
  • Boomerang Community Centre
  • Tinto Nursery
  • Linnvale Primary
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
  • Cardonald Primary School
  • Stirling Play Services, Stirling Council
  • Ninewells Nursery
  • Play Together on Pedals
  • Education Department East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • East Park
  • Woodland Outdoor Kindergartens
  • Kids Come First
  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR)
  • Linthaugh Nursery School
  • Lecropt Nursery and Bridge of Allan OOSC
  • Coastguard Club
  • Highland Council
  • Gleniffer Nursery
  • East Lothian Play Association
  • East Lothian Out of School Care Network
  • Kidsize Out of School Club
  • Wardie Primary School
  • Scottish Government
  • Dundee and Angus College
  • Pencaitland Primary School Parent Council
  • Balornock Primary School
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • North United Communities
  • Allsorts Dornoch
  • Getting Better Together
  • Grange Primary School
  • Firsthand Lothian

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