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Author: Jenny Lester

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Playwork National Occupational Standards Consultation

11 March 2026

The UK Playwork NOS Consortium is consulting on the draft National Occupational Standards…

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International Day of Play Schools Celebration

3 March 2026

Celebrate play and Champion children’s rights  Thursday 11 June is the International Day of Play, and we…

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In Memoriam: Juliet Robertson

5 January 2026

We were greatly saddened to hear of the passing of our friend Juliet…

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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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Playful Parents, Practitioners, and Places: Play Scotland AGM 2025

1 October 2025

We were delighted to host our 2025 AGM and bring together a room…

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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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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

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

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