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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

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

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