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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

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

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