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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

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