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Category: Articles

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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Introductions to the Play Types – Training Event

27 April 2022

What are the play types and how can you use them to inform…

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Introduction to Outdoor Classroom Day – Training Event

27 April 2022

Join Play Scotland for an ‘Introduction to Outdoor Classroom Day’ for practical tips…

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Intergenerational Play and Storytelling Toolkit Launch & Training

13 April 2022

Friday 29th April 2022, 10:00am – 12:00pm Zoom Join Generations Working Together and…

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New: Podcast – Partnership Working for Play

31 March 2022

We have just published our 8th Play Well podcast episode! In this episode,…

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Parents and Carers We Need You!

16 March 2022

Parents & carers we need you!   The Scottish Government is consulting on…

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Shetland Play Van Success

16 March 2022

Thanks to Get into Summer Funding from the Scottish Government we were able to…

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Creating a Children and Young People response to the NPF4 Consultation

1 March 2022

We want to support you to ensure that the children and young people that you work with are empowered to share their thoughts on these topics.  Our facilitator’s pack will guide you through the process of running one engagement session that will allow you to respond to both consultations.

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School-aged childcare consultation

31 January 2022

FCSS is working with Scottish Government to better understand the supply and demand…

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Play Sufficiency Assessment Consultations

13 January 2022

It is vital that the voice of children and young people is heard…

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Consultation on the new national planning framework

13 January 2022

Play Scotland and A Place in Childhood are hosting three seminars on the…

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Intergenerational Play and Storytelling

6 December 2021

Play Scotland and Generations Working Together are currently looking for case studies of…

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Children’s Alliance job opportunity

5 November 2021

Head of Children’s Alliance Children’s Alliance has announced that they are looking for…

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The Children’s Alliance Report on the Health & Wellbeing of Children in the Early Years

3 November 2021

Covid-19 has uncovered entrenched health inequalities; hobbling UK children even prior to birth…

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October Update

28 October 2021

Welcome to our October updates blog! If you would like to receive our…

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September Updates

9 September 2021

Welcome to our September updates blog! If you would like to receive our…

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Moths to a Flame Art Workshop for COP26

7 July 2021

We are very excited to be delivering Moths to a Flame workshops for…

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Parks for People: why should we invest in parks?

29 June 2021

Evidence from the Parks for People programme and six case studies uncovers the…

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We are hiring Digital Membership & Services Officer £27,828 pro-rata 20 hours per week

Play Scotland Digital Membership and Services Officer

25 June 2021

Come and work with us!  Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…

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Glasgow chosen as host city for 2023 International Play Association World Congress

8 June 2021

The International Play Association (IPA) has chosen Glasgow as the location of its…

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National Children’s Day UK 2021

30 April 2021

Sunday 16th May National Children’s Day UK (NCDUK) is all about the importance of…

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

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