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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

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

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