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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

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

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