The Children’s Alliance Report on the Health & Wellbeing of Children in the Early Years
3 November 2021
Covid-19 has uncovered entrenched health inequalities; hobbling UK children even prior to birth…
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Play Scotland at COP26
1 November 2021
The climate crisis has a huge impact on children’s right to play and…
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Play Scotland and Art & Energy’s Moths to a Flame project is heading to Falkland Estate!
5 October 2021
The Moths to a Flame project helps children and young people engage in the call…
Read more »Moths to a Flame teacher’s pack
29 September 2021
Hello and welcome to your Moths to a Flame teacher’s pack! The Moths…
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September Updates
9 September 2021
Welcome to our September updates blog! If you would like to receive our…
Read more »Job advertisement at Play Scotland
6 September 2021
Come and work with us! Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…
Read more »Playwork/Practitioner Opportunity at Newtongrange ASC
24 August 2021
Newtongrange ASC based in Newtongrange Primary school has the following vacancies for enthusiastic…
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Scotland’s Children Get into Summer
4 August 2021
Today, thousands of children and their families will be out playing in communities…
Read more »Play Scotland play parks letter July 2021
2 August 2021
Play Scotland calls for a strategic approach to planning accessible and inclusive spaces…
Read more »Get into Summer Young Scot Rewards
2 August 2021
Young Scot Rewards is part of Young Scot’s national online Membership programme. Through…
Read more »Magic Light Pictures’ Pip and Posy team with Playday
30 July 2021
The multi-Oscar nominated Magic Light Pictures today announced that Pip and Posy, its new…
Read more »Wilderness fears as play experts warn children’s fun must not be curtailed by unmown grass
26 July 2021
‘…Marguerite Hunter Blair, chief executive of Play Scotland, fears the move may discourage…
Read more »NatureScot/Scottish Government Commissioned Research
20 July 2021
Key messages The research highlights some key factors that may have played a…
Read more »Play Safety Forum: Covid-19 and Children’s Play July 2021 statement
14 July 2021
The UK Play Safety Forum (PSF) has issued two previous statements on the…
Read more »Playful Communities: Evaluation Report
9 July 2021
Play Scotland are delighted to release the evaluation report of the Playful Communities…
Read more »Participate in Together’s State of Children’s Rights Report survey 2021
29 June 2021
Together has released their annual State of Children’s Rights Report survey! To follow…
Read more »Parks for People: why should we invest in parks?
29 June 2021
Evidence from the Parks for People programme and six case studies uncovers the…
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Play Scotland Digital Membership and Services Officer
25 June 2021
Come and work with us! Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…
Read more »Covid-19 restrictions impacting children’s play
14 June 2021
PlayBoard NI, Stranmillis University College and the Controlled Schools’ Support Council recently embarked…
Read more »Summer of play delivery opportunity in partnership with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
10 June 2021
Outdoor learning and play facilitator (ranger) Notes of interest (including proposed cost) by…
Read more »Health, the Outdoors and Safety
27 May 2021
Professor David Ball has published a paper on the salutogenic model of health…
Read more »New joint-agency publication: Why society needs nature
26 May 2021
This newly published report from a collaboration between the Environment Agency, Natural Resources…
Read more »Return to roots: How the pandemic shaped outdoor play
24 May 2021
Children had been spending less and less time outdoors before the coronavirus pandemic…
Read more »‘Let children play’: the educational message from across Europe
14 May 2021
The Guardian article by Jon Henley, Philip Oltermann, Sam Jones and Angela Giuffrida…
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