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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

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

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