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…
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…
Read more »Skip the kindergarten cop routine: free play is vital for young children
13 May 2021
The Guardian article by Michael Rosen Give children the space to express themselves…
Read more »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…
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