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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

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

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