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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

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