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Scottish children ‘among least active’ BBC News
29 November 2016
Scotland has been placed joint last in an international study of physical activity…
Read more »New practical tool challenges the cotton wool culture
13 November 2014
New practical tool challenges the cotton wool culture and paves the way for…
Read more »Project Wild Thing
28 October 2013
Play Scotland is delighted to support the launch of the full-length documentary “Project…
Read more »Children Are Disappearing From Britain’s Street As Parents Keep Kids Indoors
7 August 2013
Children are “disappearing from our streets”, charities have warned after a poll found…
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The Humble Cardboard Box, By Alex Wallis
21 November 2023
December: the month of the year when homes and businesses across the…
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Chris @ IPA Conference Glasgow 2023
5 July 2023
I attended the IPA Conference 2023 in Glasgow on Thursday and Friday. It…
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Fiona @ IPA Conference Glasgow 2023
28 June 2023
Glasgow was the host city for the IPA conference and as it’s my…
Read more »Parents and Carers We Need You!
16 March 2022
Parents & carers we need you! The Scottish Government is consulting on…
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October Update
28 October 2021
Welcome to our October updates blog! If you would like to receive our…
Read more »NatureScot/Scottish Government Commissioned Research
20 July 2021
Key messages The research highlights some key factors that may have played a…
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Nature England Survey
10 November 2020
Social justice issues highlighted in this report from Nature England Children’s access to…
Read more »First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announcement
3 July 2020
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced, “We want to help children enjoy these summer…
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Make the most of your time outside
pdf (663.30 KB)Going outdoors is good for our mental and physical health. It can relieve family pressures caused by spending so much…
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Muddy Hands Global Report November 2018
pdf (2.03 MB)A report looking at how much time children around the world spend playing and learning outside as part of the…
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Lighting the Fire
pdf (2.07 MB)Lighting the fire stimulates thinking about how best we learn and particularly how best young children learn. It is well…
Read more »Our child obesity solutions wouldn’t be acceptable for zoo animals
29 August 2017
Obesity is an environmental issue not a disease. Children growing up in the 1950s and 1960s were not obese. Virtually…
Read more »Children are deprived of mud, fun and sandcastles
1 April 2015
A generation of children are spending less than half the time playing outdoors than their parents did. The youngsters are…
Read more »Instead of buying your child a boring old iPad for Christmas, get them a stick
9 December 2014
Wild Network is urging parents to encourage children to play with nature and the outdoors rather than technology. Full article
Read more »How much independence should children have?
4 August 2014
It is the same story every summer. Surveys are issued and articles are published decrying the dramatic decline of children…
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