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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

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

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