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Category: News

The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Being and Belonging: Early Years Conference

13 January 2022

The Royal Society of Edinburgh will be hosting its 2nd educational conference entitled…

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Generations Working Together Excellence Awards 2022 – Launch

23 November 2021

Excellence Awards criteria – for intergenerational projects There are 5 criteria, many of…

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Active and Outdoor Partnership Manager Vacancy

16 November 2021

Job opportunity at Healthy Valleys Healthy Valleys is a community-led health initiative that…

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Children’s Alliance job opportunity

5 November 2021

Head of Children’s Alliance Children’s Alliance has announced that they are looking for…

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Moths to a Flame installation at Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens

4 November 2021

Monday, 1 November 2021, 12:00 – Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 16:00 Glasgow Botanic Gardens,…

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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…

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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…

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Job advertisement at Play Scotland

6 September 2021

Come and work with us! Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…

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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…

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Play Scotland play parks letter July 2021

2 August 2021

Play Scotland calls for a strategic approach to planning accessible and inclusive spaces…

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Get into Summer Young Scot Rewards

2 August 2021

Young Scot Rewards is part of Young Scot’s national online Membership programme. Through…

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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…

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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…

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NatureScot/Scottish Government Commissioned Research

20 July 2021

Key messages The research highlights some key factors that may have played a…

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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…

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Playful Communities: Evaluation Report

9 July 2021

Play Scotland are delighted to release the evaluation report of the Playful Communities…

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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…

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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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We are hiring Digital Membership & Services Officer £27,828 pro-rata 20 hours per week

Play Scotland Digital Membership and Services Officer

25 June 2021

Come and work with us!  Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…

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Covid-19 restrictions impacting children’s play

14 June 2021

PlayBoard NI, Stranmillis University College and the Controlled Schools’ Support Council recently embarked…

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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

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

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