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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

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