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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

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