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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

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

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