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Category: News

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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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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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

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

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