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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

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

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