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Category: Articles

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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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…

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announcement

3 July 2020

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

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Lockdown: children’s mental health

8 June 2020

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

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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…

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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…

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UK Poverty Report from JRF

4 December 2018

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

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Are you Going to Join The Playtime Revolution?

23 October 2013

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

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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

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

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