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Category: News

New Chief Executive Appointed to lead Play Scotland

7 July 2025

Play Scotland is delighted to announce the appointment of Mary Ramsay as its…

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Scotland’s Play Park Survey

3 July 2025

Scotland’s Play Park Survey is the first Scotland-wide consultation on local play spaces….

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Report Launched: School Grounds in Scotland 2025

16 June 2025

School grounds can afford opportunities for pupils and the wider school community to…

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Report Launched: Everything to Play For

12 June 2025

Written by Paul Liddell, Chair of Play Scotland This week, I attended the…

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Play Scotland backs new ‘Made to Move’ campaign on active school uniforms

2 June 2025

We’re proud to be a founding partner of the Active Uniform Alliance (AUA)…

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Celebrate the International Day of Play – 11th June

7 May 2025

This year is the 2nd annual UN International Day of Play. The theme for this…

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Playday 2025 Theme Launched!

5 May 2025

Playday is the national day for play, organised by Play Scotland, Play Board…

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Welcoming the Centre for Young Lives to Scotland

25 April 2025

We were delighted to host researchers from the Centre for Young Lives as…

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Launch of Scotland’s Play Vision Statement and Action Plan 2025-2030

24 March 2025

We are delighted to celebrate the launch of Scotland’s Play Vision Statement and…

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Join our Board as Treasurer

23 December 2024

Join our Board as Treasurer and contribute your expertise Are you a finance…

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Next Phase of Play Pedagogy Award Launched!

9 December 2024

We are thrilled to announce that we are moving to the next phase…

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Play Scotland at the COVID Enquiry

3 December 2024

Children ‘missed fun, friends, family and freedom’ during lockdown Our Chief Executive, Marguerite…

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Heathery Knowe achieves OPAL Award!

26 November 2024

Heathery Knowe Primary School is celebrating achieving its Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL)…

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First school in Scotland achieves OPAL status

2 October 2024

Udston Primary School is celebrating achieving its Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Award….

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The importance of risk in childhood play experiences

7 August 2024

Ask any group of adults about their most stand-out play memories and two…

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2024/25 Review of the National Occupational Standards for Playwork (NOS)

17 June 2024

We are pleased to announce that the UK Playwork NOS Consortium has been…

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My day as a playworker – Gavin Bell

15 May 2024

I have been a playworker for over 20 years, gaining new play experiences…

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Play Scotland’s Response to the UNCRC Statutory Guidance Consultation

14 May 2024

Please find Play Scotland’s Response to the UNCRC Statutory Guidance Consultation here  

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UK Play Safety Forum: Benefit-risk and the new ISO (Free online webinar)

23 January 2024

UK Play Safety Forum webinar on benefit-risk and the new ISO Book Tickets…

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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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Play Scotland’s Impact: Advocating for Play as a Social Justice Issue at the 11th Child in the City World Conference in Brussels, By Cherie Morgan

4 December 2023

I was delighted to be invited to Brussels to present on the progress…

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Come and work with us!

4 September 2023

Play Scotland are recruiting a Communication and Information Officer.  They will take responsibility…

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Play Well Pack: Summer on a Shoestring

28 July 2023

Play can happen in any place, using bits and pieces or nothing at…

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Playing on a shoestring resource

28 July 2023

Playday is the national day for play, celebrated each year across the UK…

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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

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

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