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Category: News

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

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