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Author: Jenny Lester

The Best Toy in the World? A Simple Cardboard Box

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Full Report Launched: The Scottish School Grounds Survey 2025

19 November 2025

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28 October 2025

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23 September 2025

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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

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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

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

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Participation, Play and Recreation in Ireland

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

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Scottish School Grounds Survey

22 January 2025

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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

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

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