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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

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

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