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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

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

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