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Author: Jenny Lester

Scotland’s Play Park Survey

24 June 2026

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

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Digital Play: Toy Story 5

19 June 2026

Woody and Buzz have a new quest: to wrestle with the explosion of…

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a playworker facilitates musical interactions

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

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