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Author: Web Editor

4 Nations Play Symposium Report 2016

14 October 2016

Earlier this year Northern Ireland hosted the biennial 4 Nations Play Symposium at…

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Delivering on the Attainment Challenge through Play Seminar

12 October 2016

Book your space before 14th October and get this CPD Seminar for an…

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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Guide for Children & Young People

29 October 2015

The UNCRC Booklet is aimed at children and young people under the age…

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Training for Trainers in an Introduction to Playwork Course

8 May 2015

Please see training information below. Play Scotland have been asked by Playwork Partnerships…

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UK Play Policy Forum launches ‘4 Asks for Play’

19 March 2015

NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BODY CALLS FOR ALL POLITICAL PARTIES TO INVEST IN COST-EFFECTIVE SUPPORT…

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Hugh Dennis launches National Trust campaign to get children playing outdoors

1 August 2014

Today’s generation of children aged 7 to 12 spend less time playing outside…

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Children and Young People Bill passed

20 February 2014

Reforms will help Scotland become ‘the best place in the world to grow…

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Judith Hackitt, Chair, HSE supports adventurous play

28 January 2014

Up for the ride It was encouraging to see London Mayor Boris Johnson…

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Thoughts on the Play Strategy Action Plan by Megan from Rain-shine

7 January 2014

Play Strategies and Play Action Plans are government sponsored initiatives designed to encourage…

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Playing and learning Blog from Judith Hackitt, Chair HSE

5 November 2013

This week I had the pleasure of attending the House of Commons to…

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Motion S4M-08099 has been placed at the Scottish Parliament by Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children and Young People.

30 October 2013

That the Parliament welcomes the action plan, Play Strategy for Scotland: Our Vision,…

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Managing Risk in Play Provision Launch

28 October 2013

The launch of the Managing Risk in Play Provision Guidance will take place…

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Project Wild Thing

25 October 2013

Please see link for blog on Project Wildthing on Netmums web Link

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Are you Going to Join The Playtime Revolution?

23 October 2013

Many children and young people only get out to play when they are…

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Planning for Play

25 September 2013

An exciting new CPD (level 8) award is now available to help communities…

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Play for Life, Play Scotland Annual Conference

5 July 2013

24 September 2013 Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Grosvenor Street, Edinburgh Play Scotland’s annual conference…

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Play Strategy for Scotland

25 June 2013

Think about your favourite Play memories, where were your favourite places to play…

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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

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

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