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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

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