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Category: Information

Children’s Right to Play in Scots law

17 January 2024

On the 16th January Children’s Right to Play was incorporated into Scots law….

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“Let’s Talk About Play!” Free Members’ Event

7 April 2022

  At Play Scotland, we love to talk about play! And, we want…

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Why can’t children play with other children?

25 March 2020

Reports from overseas suggest they wished they had followed guidance earlier.  Please note…

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Play in the time of coronavirus

25 March 2020

Tim Gill and Penny Wilson share some thoughts and ideas on supporting children’s…

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Playing through the Coronavirus Pandemic

20 March 2020

“Playing through difficult issues helps children come to terms with stuff that’s out…

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Outdoor learning has huge benefits for children and teachers — so why isn’t it used in more schools?

10 June 2019

Research shows that healthier and happier children do better in school, and that education…

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4 Nations Play Symposium Report 2016

14 October 2016

Earlier this year Northern Ireland hosted the biennial 4 Nations Play Symposium at…

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Delivering on the Attainment Challenge through Play Seminar

12 October 2016

Book your space before 14th October and get this CPD Seminar for an…

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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Guide for Children & Young People

29 October 2015

The UNCRC Booklet is aimed at children and young people under the age…

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Training for Trainers in an Introduction to Playwork Course

8 May 2015

Please see training information below. Play Scotland have been asked by Playwork Partnerships…

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Motion S4M-08099 has been placed at the Scottish Parliament by Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children and Young People.

30 October 2013

That the Parliament welcomes the action plan, Play Strategy for Scotland: Our Vision,…

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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

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

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