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Category: News

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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Playful Schools: The power of Loose Parts Play

4 September 2020

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

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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…

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IPA Covid Report: Play in Lockdown

26 August 2020

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

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Indoor activity guidance

11 August 2020

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

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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’…

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Guidelines for unregulated, informal play services

3 August 2020

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

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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…

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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…

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Playful Schools – building resilience through play

1 July 2020

Play Scotland is delighted to announce the launch of its new project, Playful…

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An evidence report on Covid-19 and children’s play

18 June 2020

An evidence report on Covid-19 and children’s play shows that the benefits of…

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A Place in Childhood: Covid-19 project with Scottish children and young people

16 June 2020

Over 3 workshops held in May, 25 young people between the ages of…

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New Guidance from the Scottish Government on reopening ELC provision

15 June 2020

The Scottish Government have published new guidance today for Nurseries and other early…

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CPPF Statement on Racism

15 June 2020

As a group of play professionals, researchers and academics leading on issues pertaining…

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Play for postive mental health

22 May 2020

With the focus on mental health this week, it is important to remember…

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Play Scotland Home play pack

8 May 2020

Play Scotland are delighted to launch their Home play pack which will be…

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Playday 2020

Playday 2020

5 May 2020

We are delighted to announce that the theme for this year’s Playday is…

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Play Scotland Survey Report

5 May 2020

Just released – a survey was undertaken by Play Scotland in April 2020…

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IPA Play in Crisis: support for parents and carers

13 April 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on children and families around the…

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Why can’t children play with other children?

25 March 2020

Reports from overseas suggest they wished they had followed guidance earlier.  Please note…

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Play in the time of coronavirus

25 March 2020

Tim Gill and Penny Wilson share some thoughts and ideas on supporting children’s…

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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

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

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