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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

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