Skip to the content
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • Podcast
Play Scotland
Delivering and celebrating children and young people’s right to play
Donate
Contact
  • Home
  • About
    • What We Do
      • Past Projects
    • What is Play
      • Play Types
    • The Power of Play
    • Resources
      • Climate & Environment
      • Education & Learning
      • Health & Wellbeing
      • Inclusion & Rights
      • Play Activities
      • Play Strategy
      • Playwork & the Play Sector
      • Space, Place & Planning
    • Board & Team
    • Values & Policy
    • Membership
      • Scotland’s Play Charter
    • Donate
  • Parents & Families
    • Play Ideas
      • The Play Well Packs
      • Boredom Busters
      • Games on the Go
      • Active Play
      • Messy & Creative Play
      • Water Play
      • Play Packs
      • #101waystoplay campaign
    • Stay Safe
  • Schools & Childcare
    • Schools
      • Play Types Toolkit
      • Play Pedagogy
      • Play Pedagogy Award
      • Outdoor Play and Learning – OPAL
      • Active Uniform Alliance: Made to Move
    • Early Learning and Childcare
    • Playwork
      • The Playwork Principles
    • Writing a Play Policy
    • Managing Risk
    • Loose Parts Play
    • Training & Events
    • The Play Well Podcast
  • Places for Play
    • Organising Community Play
    • People, Places and Play
    • Play Sufficiency Assessments
    • Inclusive Play Design
    • Smoke Free Play
  • Policy
    • Scotland’s Play Strategy
    • The Right to Play
    • Policy Landscape
    • Legal Duty for Play Sufficiency in Planning
    • Policy Groups
  • News
  • Home
  • About
    • What We Do
      • Past Projects
    • What is Play
      • Play Types
    • The Power of Play
    • Resources
      • Climate & Environment
      • Education & Learning
      • Health & Wellbeing
      • Inclusion & Rights
      • Play Activities
      • Play Strategy
      • Playwork & the Play Sector
      • Space, Place & Planning
    • Board & Team
    • Values & Policy
    • Membership
      • Scotland’s Play Charter
        • Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter
    • Donate
  • Parents & Families
    • Play Ideas
      • The Play Well Packs
      • Boredom Busters
      • Games on the Go
      • Active Play
      • Messy & Creative Play
      • Water Play
      • Play Packs
      • #101waystoplay campaign
    • Stay Safe
  • Schools & Childcare
    • Schools
      • Play Types Toolkit
      • Play Pedagogy
      • Play Pedagogy Award
      • Outdoor Play and Learning – OPAL
      • Active Uniform Alliance: Made to Move
    • Early Learning and Childcare
    • Playwork
      • The Playwork Principles
    • Writing a Play Policy
    • Managing Risk
    • Loose Parts Play
    • Training & Events
    • The Play Well Podcast
  • Places for Play
    • Organising Community Play
    • People, Places and Play
    • Play Sufficiency Assessments
    • Inclusive Play Design
    • Smoke Free Play
  • Policy
    • Scotland’s Play Strategy
    • The Right to Play
    • Policy Landscape
    • Legal Duty for Play Sufficiency in Planning
    • Policy Groups
  • News

Category: Articles

New Playful Pedagogy Resource from Play Scotland to support everyday learning adventures across the school

21 October 2020

Playful Pedagogy is a way of integrating children’s play experiences with curricular learning, giving…

Read more »

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announcement

3 July 2020

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced, “We want to help children enjoy these summer…

Read more »

Lockdown: children’s mental health

8 June 2020

Children and young people are likely to experience high rates of depression and…

Read more »

IPA Play in Crisis: support for parents and carers

13 April 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on children and families around the…

Read more »

Active Students Could Outperform Sitting Students by 16%

4 December 2018

The BBC has published an article detailing new research on active students. “International research found…

Read more »

UK Poverty Report from JRF

4 December 2018

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has this week published the 2018 Poverty Report, you…

Read more »

Are you Going to Join The Playtime Revolution?

23 October 2013

Many children and young people only get out to play when they are…

Read more »

Posts pagination

← Newer Posts 1 2 3Older Posts →

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.

Read more »

Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

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

Play Scotland
4th Floor Hopetoun Gate
8B McDonald Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4LZ

info@playscotland.org

Play Scotland is a registered charity
Company Number: SC197785
Scottish Charity Number: SC029167

  • Sitemap
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies

Newsletter

Become a free member of Play Scotland and receive our newsletter

Contact

Get in touch, click here for our contact form

Charter

Find out more about Scotland’s Play Charter

Donate

Support the child’s right to play by making a donation to Play Scotland

© 2026 Play Scotland | website by clooti