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Author: Sammy Wyeth

National Children’s Day UK 2021

30 April 2021

Sunday 16th May National Children’s Day UK (NCDUK) is all about the importance of…

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Tesco Community Grants open now for applications

29 April 2021

Get your application in now! Tesco Community Grants will award funding to charities…

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Enhanced summer offer for all children

6 April 2021

A national “summer of play” to provide access to activities. Funding of £20…

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20 minute neighbourhoods in a Scottish context

23 March 2021

’20 minute neighbourhoods’ are places that are designed so residents can meet their day-to-day…

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Children across Scotland want more play and better play

19 March 2021

Play Scotland and Scotland’s Play Council support children and young people’s urgent call…

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Place of play

15 March 2021

Diarmaid Lawlor argues that a place for play could be built around a…

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Manifesto for Play

19 February 2021

Play Scotland are delighted to launch the Manifesto for Play.  Play is vital…

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Childminding Providers Grants

1 February 2021

Funding is being provided to support the business sustainability of Scotland’s childminding providers….

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Tim Gill’s new book Urban Playground: Sneak peek and seasonal discounted price

28 January 2021

Tim Gill’s forthcoming book Urban Playground: How child-friendly planning and design can save…

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Parliament unanimously agreed to the general principles of the UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill

21 January 2021

We are pleased to inform you that the Parliament unanimously agreed to the…

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A reminder of the significance of play in lockdown by Tom Gill

12 January 2021

It seems timely to share a post that child psychology academic Prof Helen Dodd…

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Playful Schools Practice Insights article

7 January 2021

Delighted that the Playful Schools project has been featured in Issue 17 of…

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The Association for the Study of Play Online Conference: Call for Presentation Proposals

6 January 2021

Conference Theme: Necessity of Play Date: March 20, 2021 Platforms: Zoom and CANVAS…

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The Play Council Meeting and Play Scotland AGM

17 December 2020

Please save the date! The Play Council Meeting and Play Scotland AGM will…

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Nature England Survey

10 November 2020

Social justice issues highlighted in this report from Nature England Children’s access to…

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New Playful Pedagogy Resource from Play Scotland to support everyday learning adventures across the school

21 October 2020

Playful Pedagogy is a way of integrating children’s play experiences with curricular learning, giving…

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S&SR Environment and Spaces Group Publication

13 October 2020

  The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit of the S&SR Environment…

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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

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

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