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Category: Blog

Reflections on 30 years of Playday from Play Scotland’s CEO Marguerite Hunter Blair

2 August 2017

Playday is always a fantastic opportunity for families and children to have fun…

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Playday Survey 2017

21 June 2017

What do you think about playing today and how have play opportunities changed…

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Scottish Parliament debates national play charter

17 March 2017

The Scottish Parliament has debated the country’s first Play Charter, developed and promoted…

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Judith Hackitt, Chair, HSE supports adventurous play

28 January 2014

Up for the ride It was encouraging to see London Mayor Boris Johnson…

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Thoughts on the Play Strategy Action Plan by Megan from Rain-shine

7 January 2014

Play Strategies and Play Action Plans are government sponsored initiatives designed to encourage…

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Playing and learning Blog from Judith Hackitt, Chair HSE

5 November 2013

This week I had the pleasure of attending the House of Commons to…

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Managing Risk in Play Provision Launch

28 October 2013

The launch of the Managing Risk in Play Provision Guidance will take place…

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Project Wild Thing

25 October 2013

Please see link for blog on Project Wildthing on Netmums web Link

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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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Planning for Play

25 September 2013

An exciting new CPD (level 8) award is now available to help communities…

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Play Strategy for Scotland

25 June 2013

Think about your favourite Play memories, where were your favourite places to play…

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Play is the heart of wellbeing

8 April 2013

Play is the heart of wellbeing. This is especially true for children and…

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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

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