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Category: Blog

Play Scotland asks for more space for play

5 August 2020

At the beginning of Playday week, Calum Duncan, Chair of Play Scotland asks…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 19

10 April 2020

Day 19: making the most of Easter in isolation Today my dog turns…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 12

3 April 2020

Day 12: birthday in lockdown Today was the day that was supposed to…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 10

1 April 2020

Day 10: a little normality I spent this morning sitting in the garden with…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 9

31 March 2020

Day 9: coping Today was a very slow start indeed. When my alarm…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 8

30 March 2020

Day 8: strange times Today I woke up to bright sunshine and warmth….

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 6

28 March 2020

Day 6: making the best of lockdown Not much happened today until the…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 5

27 March 2020

Day 5: old habits This morning, I tried to give myself a lie…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 4

26 March 2020

Day 4: routine As of today, I’ve decided to set my morning alarm…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 3

25 March 2020

Day 3: getting into the swing of things When I woke up this…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 2

24 March 2020

Day 2: a new normal Today I woke to the sun shining through…

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Family cycling: how to create a new daily routine

24 March 2020

Our friends at Cycling UK who are our partners on the Play Together…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 1

23 March 2020

At Play Scotland we have always been aware of the importance of play…

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Playday Event in Kilmarnock

24 July 2019

Playday activities are taking place in Kay park, Kilmarnock! There will be a…

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Let them play! Kids need freedom from play restrictions to develop

10 June 2019

Unstructured play improves learning and social and physical development. Providing a variety of play options, improved play access and…

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Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests

7 June 2019

Children who regularly walk or cycle to school are less likely to be…

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Toddlers Want to Help and We Should Let Them

6 June 2019

If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.  Full…

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How to build cities fit for children

6 June 2019

After decades on the margins, child-friendly urban planning and design is emerging into the…

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Brain Hierarchy: When Your Child’s Lower Brain Levels Are Weak, they Can’t Learn

6 June 2019

Did you know that the brain of an infant contains essentially all the…

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Letting kids play outdoors improves their mental health: Study

19 April 2019

Many Baby Boomers grew up spending hours on end playing outside with other…

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Training new doctors through child’s play

19 April 2019

There is an old adage, that children are the best teachers. And for…

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Shaped by play and inclusive play

16 April 2019

Play has an invaluable role in encouraging child development. But play isn’t just…

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Shaped by play and inclusive play

29 March 2019

Play has an invaluable role in encouraging child development. But play isn’t just…

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What Is Snowplough Parenting –And Should You Be Concerned About It?

29 March 2019

Some parents won’t let anything get in their child’s way. Not even an…

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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

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

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