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Category: News

Delivering on the Attainment Challenge through Play Seminar

12 October 2016

Book your space before 14th October and get this CPD Seminar for an…

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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Guide for Children & Young People

29 October 2015

The UNCRC Booklet is aimed at children and young people under the age…

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Training for Trainers in an Introduction to Playwork Course

8 May 2015

Please see training information below. Play Scotland have been asked by Playwork Partnerships…

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UK Play Policy Forum launches ‘4 Asks for Play’

19 March 2015

NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BODY CALLS FOR ALL POLITICAL PARTIES TO INVEST IN COST-EFFECTIVE SUPPORT…

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Hugh Dennis launches National Trust campaign to get children playing outdoors

1 August 2014

Today’s generation of children aged 7 to 12 spend less time playing outside…

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Children and Young People Bill passed

20 February 2014

Reforms will help Scotland become ‘the best place in the world to grow…

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Judith Hackitt, Chair, HSE supports adventurous play

28 January 2014

Up for the ride It was encouraging to see London Mayor Boris Johnson…

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Thoughts on the Play Strategy Action Plan by Megan from Rain-shine

7 January 2014

Play Strategies and Play Action Plans are government sponsored initiatives designed to encourage…

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Playing and learning Blog from Judith Hackitt, Chair HSE

5 November 2013

This week I had the pleasure of attending the House of Commons to…

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Motion S4M-08099 has been placed at the Scottish Parliament by Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children and Young People.

30 October 2013

That the Parliament welcomes the action plan, Play Strategy for Scotland: Our Vision,…

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Managing Risk in Play Provision Launch

28 October 2013

The launch of the Managing Risk in Play Provision Guidance will take place…

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Project Wild Thing

25 October 2013

Please see link for blog on Project Wildthing on Netmums web Link

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Are you Going to Join The Playtime Revolution?

23 October 2013

Many children and young people only get out to play when they are…

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Planning for Play

25 September 2013

An exciting new CPD (level 8) award is now available to help communities…

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Play for Life, Play Scotland Annual Conference

5 July 2013

24 September 2013 Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Grosvenor Street, Edinburgh Play Scotland’s annual conference…

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Play Strategy for Scotland

25 June 2013

Think about your favourite Play memories, where were your favourite places to play…

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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

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

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