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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

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

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