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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

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

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