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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

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

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