Play Scotland
Do you believe that involving children and young people in decision making is vital to planning for a better future? So do we!
Join Play Scotland and A Place in Childhood for the next in our ‘Introduction to…’ training series for a course on how to meaningfully engage CYP in play, place and planning.
Wednesday 14 September 9.30am to 12.30pm £45pp
What are the play types and how can you use them to inform your work with children and young people.
Join Play Scotland for this introductory training to the play types and how to use them to inform your work with children and young people.
The play types were developed by Bob Hughes to be used by adults who work with children and young people, and for people who study and facilitate play.
Join Play Scotland for an ‘Introduction to Outdoor Classroom Day’ for practical tips on how to plan for it.
Wed, 11 May 2022 @ 17:00 – 18:30
Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to make time outdoors part of every child’s day. Outdoor classroom day is celebrated in May and in November but you can use ideas from this training all year round!
So, if you are interested in bringing teaching and learning into the natural world, then join us for this workshop.
Join Generations Working Together and Play Scotland as we launch our new Toolkit!
Alongside the launch, you are invited to a play and storytelling masterclass.
We have just published our 8th Play Well podcast episode!
In this episode, we look at partnership working to plan for play at local authority level.
To explore this our Head of Projects, Cherie Morgan, caught up with Audrey White from Dundee City council.
Parents & carers we need you!
The Scottish Government is consulting on important legislation called Play Sufficiency Assessments and Open Space Strategies.
We are asking parents and carers in Scotland to take 10 minutes to fill in our short survey with their children and teenagers. By filling in this survey you will help ensure that the voices of children and young people are heard in the future of planning!
You can fill in the survey here: https://forms.office.com/r/UmUYjiaBNk
Please ensure you fill it in by 5pm on Thursday 31 March.
Thanks to Get into Summer Funding from the Scottish Government we were able to work with The Shetland Family Centre on a wonderful project to tackle isolation and play deprivation due to lockdown.
The Scottish Government are currently consulting on the new national planning framework and play sufficiency assessments.
FCSS is working with Scottish Government to better understand the supply and demand of school-age childcare in Scotland.
This consultation will inform the design and creation of an accessible, affordable, and flexible system of school-age childcare provision in Scotland – a commitment for this parliamentary term.
The consultation aims to understand the school-age childcare landscape; what are children’s and parents’ needs in relation to childcare and activities?
FCSS have been overwhelmed with interest from families and parents so far, and already have some super useful insight into different communities! That said, the more people that get involved, the better!
There are two ways to respond to the survey.
As a parent, you can fill in the survey here.
If you run a school-aged child care service, you can fill in the survey here.
If you fall into both categories, feel free to complete both!
FCSS aim to improve existing school-age child care offers.
The data will start to paint a picture of the status quo in communities and begin to inform future policy approaches. The ultimate aim is for every family in Scotland to have better access to all the services that exist in their area.
It is vital that the voice of children and young people is heard as part of the consultation for Open Space Strategies and Play Sufficiency Assessments.
Together with A Place in Childhood, we are working to make this as simple as possible for you and the children and young people you work with.
There are three ways to respond to the consultation:
Anyone in Scotland can respond to the consultation through the government website. This method is best suited for adults and organisations.
It is open between now and 31st March 2022 and can be found here.
If you work with a group of children and young people, within or outwith education, you can run a facilitated session in order to send a group response to the consultation.
You can do this online or in person.
We have created consultation packs to help you run these sessions. If you would like a consultation pack to use with your group, please contact info@playscotland.org and we will supply you with a group link specific to you as well as with support on engaging with children on the guidance.
We want to gather feedback from a wide range of children and young people representative of those from different age groups, backgrounds, and areas. To do this we are providing additional support to groups working with children and young people with additional support needs, and those who are refugees/asylum seekers, LGBTQ, BAME, and young carers. If you work with one of these groups then please contact info@playscotland.org and we will work with you to ensure you are supported through the process.
If you are a parent or carer, or you work with a small number of children and young people can support them to submit their views independently online, by using the child-friendly version of the consultation here.
