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Category: News

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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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…

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Health, the Outdoors and Safety

27 May 2021

Professor David Ball has published a paper on the salutogenic model of health…

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New joint-agency publication: Why society needs nature

26 May 2021

This newly published report from a collaboration between the Environment Agency, Natural Resources…

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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…

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‘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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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…

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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…

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Tesco Community Grants open now for applications

29 April 2021

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

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Enhanced summer offer for all children

6 April 2021

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

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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…

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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…

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Place of play

15 March 2021

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

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Manifesto for Play

19 February 2021

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

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Childminding Providers Grants

1 February 2021

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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…

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The Play Council Meeting and Play Scotland AGM

17 December 2020

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

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Nature England Survey

10 November 2020

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

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S&SR Environment and Spaces Group Publication

13 October 2020

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

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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

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

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