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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

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

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