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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

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

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