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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

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

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