Skip to the content
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • Podcast
Play Scotland
Delivering and celebrating children and young people’s right to play
Donate
Contact
  • Home
  • About
    • What We Do
      • Past Projects
    • What is Play
      • Play Types
    • The Power of Play
    • Resources
      • Climate & Environment
      • Education & Learning
      • Health & Wellbeing
      • Inclusion & Rights
      • Play Activities
      • Play Strategy
      • Playwork & the Play Sector
      • Space, Place & Planning
    • Board & Team
    • Values & Policy
    • Membership
      • Scotland’s Play Charter
    • Donate
  • Parents & Families
    • Play Ideas
      • The Play Well Packs
      • Boredom Busters
      • Games on the Go
      • Active Play
      • Messy & Creative Play
      • Water Play
      • Play Packs
      • #101waystoplay campaign
    • Stay Safe
  • Schools & Childcare
    • Schools
      • Play Types Toolkit
      • Play Pedagogy
      • Outdoor Play and Learning – OPAL
    • Early Learning and Childcare
    • Playwork
      • The Playwork Principles
    • Writing a Play Policy
    • Managing Risk
    • Loose Parts Play
    • Training & Events
    • The Play Well Podcast
  • Places for Play
    • Organising Community Play
    • People, Places and Play
    • Play Sufficiency Assessments
    • Inclusive Play Design
    • Smoke Free Play
  • Policy
    • Scotland’s Play Strategy
    • The Right to Play
    • Policy Landscape
    • Legal Duty for Play Sufficiency in Planning
    • Policy Groups
  • News
  • Home
  • About
    • What We Do
      • Past Projects
    • What is Play
      • Play Types
    • The Power of Play
    • Resources
      • Climate & Environment
      • Education & Learning
      • Health & Wellbeing
      • Inclusion & Rights
      • Play Activities
      • Play Strategy
      • Playwork & the Play Sector
      • Space, Place & Planning
    • Board & Team
    • Values & Policy
    • Membership
      • Scotland’s Play Charter
        • Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter
    • Donate
  • Parents & Families
    • Play Ideas
      • The Play Well Packs
      • Boredom Busters
      • Games on the Go
      • Active Play
      • Messy & Creative Play
      • Water Play
      • Play Packs
      • #101waystoplay campaign
    • Stay Safe
  • Schools & Childcare
    • Schools
      • Play Types Toolkit
      • Play Pedagogy
        • Play Pedagogy Award
      • Outdoor Play and Learning – OPAL
    • Early Learning and Childcare
    • Playwork
      • The Playwork Principles
    • Writing a Play Policy
    • Managing Risk
    • Loose Parts Play
    • Training & Events
    • The Play Well Podcast
  • Places for Play
    • Organising Community Play
    • People, Places and Play
    • Play Sufficiency Assessments
    • Inclusive Play Design
    • Smoke Free Play
  • Policy
    • Scotland’s Play Strategy
    • The Right to Play
    • Policy Landscape
    • Legal Duty for Play Sufficiency in Planning
    • Policy Groups
  • News

Category: News

Learning through Landscapes: Apply for wet weather clothing for your class!

13 May 2021

With 4.2 million children in the UK living in poverty – that’s 9…

Read more »

Tesco Community Grants open now for applications

29 April 2021

Get your application in now! Tesco Community Grants will award funding to charities…

Read more »

Enhanced summer offer for all children

6 April 2021

A national “summer of play” to provide access to activities. Funding of £20…

Read more »

20 minute neighbourhoods in a Scottish context

23 March 2021

’20 minute neighbourhoods’ are places that are designed so residents can meet their day-to-day…

Read more »

Children across Scotland want more play and better play

19 March 2021

Play Scotland and Scotland’s Play Council support children and young people’s urgent call…

Read more »

Place of play

15 March 2021

Diarmaid Lawlor argues that a place for play could be built around a…

Read more »

Manifesto for Play

19 February 2021

Play Scotland are delighted to launch the Manifesto for Play.  Play is vital…

Read more »

Childminding Providers Grants

1 February 2021

Funding is being provided to support the business sustainability of Scotland’s childminding providers….

Read more »

Tim Gill’s new book Urban Playground: Sneak peek and seasonal discounted price

28 January 2021

Tim Gill’s forthcoming book Urban Playground: How child-friendly planning and design can save…

Read more »

Parliament unanimously agreed to the general principles of the UNCRC Incorporation (Scotland) Bill

21 January 2021

We are pleased to inform you that the Parliament unanimously agreed to the…

Read more »

A reminder of the significance of play in lockdown by Tom Gill

12 January 2021

It seems timely to share a post that child psychology academic Prof Helen Dodd…

Read more »

Playful Schools Practice Insights article

7 January 2021

Delighted that the Playful Schools project has been featured in Issue 17 of…

Read more »

The Association for the Study of Play Online Conference: Call for Presentation Proposals

6 January 2021

Conference Theme: Necessity of Play Date: March 20, 2021 Platforms: Zoom and CANVAS…

Read more »

The Play Council Meeting and Play Scotland AGM

17 December 2020

Please save the date! The Play Council Meeting and Play Scotland AGM will…

Read more »

Nature England Survey

10 November 2020

Social justice issues highlighted in this report from Nature England Children’s access to…

Read more »

S&SR Environment and Spaces Group Publication

13 October 2020

  The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit of the S&SR Environment…

Read more »

Playful Schools: The power of Loose Parts Play

4 September 2020

Playful Schools, a partnership project delivered with Scrap Antics has demonstrated that outdoor,…

Read more »

Covid-19 and Children’s Play – update 2 September 2020

3 September 2020

Play Scotland is a member of the UK Children’s Play Policy Forum which…

Read more »

IPA Covid Report: Play in Lockdown

26 August 2020

An international study of government and civil society responses to Covid-19 and their…

Read more »

Indoor activity guidance

11 August 2020

Re-opening of unregulated indoor children’s activity Scottish Government’s message on guidance: Schools and…

Read more »

Covid-19 has highlighted the inadequate, and unequal, access to high quality green spaces

6 August 2020

This BMJ blog highlights unequal access to greenspace during the pandemic. ‘Green poverty’…

Read more »

Guidelines for unregulated, informal play services

3 August 2020

“Given the importance of play to children’s health and wellbeing it is vital…

Read more »

Is It Right To Take Your Kids To The Playground Now It’s Allowed?

6 July 2020

Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine and expert in infectious diseases based at…

Read more »

Outdoor play is key to reopening and recovery

2 July 2020

Getting children back in school doesn’t have to mean a rush into the…

Read more »

Posts pagination

← Newer Posts 1 … 3 4 5 … 7 Older Posts →

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.

Read more »

Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

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

Play Scotland
4th Floor Hopetoun Gate
8B McDonald Road
Edinburgh
EH7 4LZ

info@playscotland.org

Play Scotland is a registered charity
Company Number: SC197785
Scottish Charity Number: SC029167

  • Sitemap
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies

Newsletter

Become a free member of Play Scotland and receive our newsletter

Contact

Get in touch, click here for our contact form

Charter

Find out more about Scotland’s Play Charter

Donate

Support the child’s right to play by making a donation to Play Scotland

© 2025 Play Scotland | website by clooti