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Author: Jenny Lester

The Best Toy in the World? A Simple Cardboard Box

24 November 2025

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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

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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

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

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