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Author: Rachael Pollitt

Motion S4M-08099 has been placed at the Scottish Parliament by Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children and Young People.

30 October 2013

That the Parliament welcomes the action plan, Play Strategy for Scotland: Our Vision,…

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Managing Risk in Play Provision Launch

28 October 2013

The launch of the Managing Risk in Play Provision Guidance will take place…

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Project Wild Thing

25 October 2013

Please see link for blog on Project Wildthing on Netmums web Link

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Are you Going to Join The Playtime Revolution?

23 October 2013

Many children and young people only get out to play when they are…

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Planning for Play

25 September 2013

An exciting new CPD (level 8) award is now available to help communities…

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Play for Life, Play Scotland Annual Conference

5 July 2013

24 September 2013 Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Grosvenor Street, Edinburgh Play Scotland’s annual conference…

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Play Strategy for Scotland

25 June 2013

Think about your favourite Play memories, where were your favourite places to play…

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Play is the heart of wellbeing

8 April 2013

Play is the heart of wellbeing. This is especially true for children and…

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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

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

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