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Author: Jenny Lester

In Memoriam: Juliet Robertson

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28 October 2025

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Faith Breads – Reflecting on Four Weeks Volunteering with Play Scotland

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

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The Power of Playdough

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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

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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!

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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

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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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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

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

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