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Category: News

A meal for every child at funded early learning and childcare sessions. Scottish Government

19 December 2018

Major new Scottish Government scheme delivers healthy food, outdoor play & living wage…

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Gender Equal Play in Early Learning and Childcare

17 December 2018

Children’s experience of childhood and play is becoming more gendered and polarised between…

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Celebrating 20 Years of Play Scotland

14 December 2018

14th December marks 20 years of Play Scotland, the national organisation for play….

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UK Poverty Report from JRF

4 December 2018

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has this week published the 2018 Poverty Report, you…

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Win tickets to see Scotland V Belgium Live at Hampden Park

16 August 2018

      Play Scotland are delighted to be working with Scotland’s Football…

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National Campaign urges parents to withdraw children from controversial P1 tests. The Herald (online subscription may be required)

16 August 2018

The controversial practice of testing P1 pupils is facing its biggest challenge after…

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4 Nations Play Symposium Report 2016

14 October 2016

Earlier this year Northern Ireland hosted the biennial 4 Nations Play Symposium at…

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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

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

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