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Category: Articles

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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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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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

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

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