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Category: Articles

Vacancy: Play Scotland CEO

7 April 2025

We are recruiting for a new Chief Executive Officer. Play Scotland: Chief Executive…

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Launch of Scotland’s Play Vision Statement and Action Plan 2025-2030

24 March 2025

We are delighted to celebrate the launch of Scotland’s Play Vision Statement and…

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Scottish School Grounds Survey

22 January 2025

We are working with Learning through Landscapes, Nature Scot, and Professor Jonh McKendrick…

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Celebrating Marguerite Hunter Blair, OBE

8 January 2025

We are delighted to share the news that our Chief Executive, Marguerite Hunter…

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Join our Board as Treasurer

23 December 2024

Join our Board as Treasurer and contribute your expertise Are you a finance…

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Ask your MSP to support the Play Motion!

18 November 2024

Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland has submitted a motion to celebrate Udston…

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Call for Blogs: A Day in the Life of a Playworker

6 May 2024

Play Scotland want to celebrate playwork as a profession. We want to highlight…

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5 Top Tips for Gender Equal Play. – Katie Horsburgh, Zero Tolerance

6 February 2024

Five top tips for gender equal play – Katie Horsburgh, Policy and Practice…

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Upcoming: AGM & 25 Years of Play Scotland

13 November 2023

Join us for Play Scotland’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations and AGM where we will…

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Play Scotland’s response to the Human Rights Bill Consultation

11 October 2023

Play Scotland has published a response to the Human Rights Bill Consultation of…

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A toddler playing in autumn leaves

Autumn Nature Play Ideas

26 September 2023

Written by Chris Drewery, Project Support Intern at Play Scotland With the weather…

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Chris @ IPA Conference Glasgow 2023

5 July 2023

I attended the IPA Conference 2023 in Glasgow on Thursday and Friday. It…

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The Scottish Children’s Health Awards are NOW OPEN

29 June 2023

Nominations are open for the Scottish Children’s Health Awards that have been created…

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Three children playing under a tree. Two are playing on rope swings.

Summer Nature Play Ideas

28 June 2023

Written by Chris Drewery, Project Support Intern at Play Scotland The Summer Holidays…

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Jenny @ IPA Conference Glasgow 2023

20 June 2023

What a week! The International Play Association Conference descended on Glasgow and I for…

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Pancake Day: Risky Pancakes!

14 February 2023

Pancake day is a great time to play and test out new skills….

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We Are Hiring – Project Support Intern

9 January 2023

We are delighted to be hiring a Project Support Intern. We are working…

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Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022

9 September 2022

Play Scotland is deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty the Queen,…

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Play Scotland recruiting now!

11 July 2022

Play Scotland is recruiting for two exciting and flexible part-time positions: Project Co-Ordinator…

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Win an early years Play Library – free competition for all Scottish primaries

17 June 2022

We’re delighted to share that we are working in partnership with Boromi as…

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IPA Conference Glasgow 2023

International Play Conference in Glasgow!

15 June 2022

The International Play Association Conference will be held in Glasgow from Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th June 2023.

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Out on bikes with Grampy Book Launch

10 June 2022

Play Scotland, Cycling UK in Scotland and Cycling Scotland have teamed up to create an exciting…

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New: Podcast – Play & Austism

1 June 2022

We have just published our 10th podcast episode! In this episode, we will…

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Children, Play & Place: Meaningful engagement with children & young people

18 May 2022

Do you believe that involving children and young people in decision making is…

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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

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