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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

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

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