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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »NatureScot/Scottish Government Commissioned Research
20 July 2021
Key messages The research highlights some key factors that may have played a…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
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