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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

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

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