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Author: Sammy Wyeth

September Updates

9 September 2021

Welcome to our September updates blog! If you would like to receive our…

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Job advertisement at Play Scotland

6 September 2021

Come and work with us! Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…

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Playwork/Practitioner Opportunity at Newtongrange ASC

24 August 2021

Newtongrange ASC based in Newtongrange Primary school has the following vacancies for enthusiastic…

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Scotland’s Children Get into Summer

4 August 2021

Today, thousands of children and their families will be out playing in communities…

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Play Scotland play parks letter July 2021

2 August 2021

Play Scotland calls for a strategic approach to planning accessible and inclusive spaces…

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Get into Summer Young Scot Rewards

2 August 2021

Young Scot Rewards is part of Young Scot’s national online Membership programme. Through…

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Magic Light Pictures’ Pip and Posy team with Playday

30 July 2021

The multi-Oscar nominated Magic Light Pictures today announced that Pip and Posy, its new…

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Wilderness fears as play experts warn children’s fun must not be curtailed by unmown grass

26 July 2021

‘…Marguerite Hunter Blair, chief executive of Play Scotland, fears the move may discourage…

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NatureScot/Scottish Government Commissioned Research

20 July 2021

Key messages The research highlights some key factors that may have played a…

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Play Safety Forum: Covid-19 and Children’s Play July 2021 statement

14 July 2021

The UK Play Safety Forum (PSF) has issued two previous statements on the…

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Playful Communities: Evaluation Report

9 July 2021

Play Scotland are delighted to release the evaluation report of the Playful Communities…

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Moths to a Flame Art Workshop for COP26

7 July 2021

We are very excited to be delivering Moths to a Flame workshops for…

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Participate in Together’s State of Children’s Rights Report survey 2021

29 June 2021

Together has released their annual State of Children’s Rights Report survey! To follow…

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Parks for People: why should we invest in parks?

29 June 2021

Evidence from the Parks for People programme and six case studies uncovers the…

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We are hiring Digital Membership & Services Officer £27,828 pro-rata 20 hours per week

Play Scotland Digital Membership and Services Officer

25 June 2021

Come and work with us!  Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…

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Covid-19 restrictions impacting children’s play

14 June 2021

PlayBoard NI, Stranmillis University College and the Controlled Schools’ Support Council recently embarked…

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Summer of play delivery opportunity in partnership with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

10 June 2021

Outdoor learning and play facilitator (ranger) Notes of interest (including proposed cost) by…

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Glasgow chosen as host city for 2023 International Play Association World Congress

8 June 2021

The International Play Association (IPA) has chosen Glasgow as the location of its…

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Health, the Outdoors and Safety

27 May 2021

Professor David Ball has published a paper on the salutogenic model of health…

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New joint-agency publication: Why society needs nature

26 May 2021

This newly published report from a collaboration between the Environment Agency, Natural Resources…

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Return to roots: How the pandemic shaped outdoor play

24 May 2021

Children had been spending less and less time outdoors before the coronavirus pandemic…

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‘Let children play’: the educational message from across Europe

14 May 2021

The Guardian article by Jon Henley, Philip Oltermann, Sam Jones and Angela Giuffrida…

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Skip the kindergarten cop routine: free play is vital for young children

13 May 2021

The Guardian article by Michael Rosen Give children the space to express themselves…

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Learning through Landscapes: Apply for wet weather clothing for your class!

13 May 2021

With 4.2 million children in the UK living in poverty – that’s 9…

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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

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

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