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Category: Articles

IPA Conference Glasgow 2023

International Play Conference in Glasgow!

15 June 2022

The International Play Association Conference will be held in Glasgow from Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th June 2023.

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Out on bikes with Grampy Book Launch

10 June 2022

Play Scotland, Cycling UK in Scotland and Cycling Scotland have teamed up to create an exciting…

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New: Podcast – Play & Austism

1 June 2022

We have just published our 10th podcast episode! In this episode, we will…

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Children, Play & Place: Meaningful engagement with children & young people

18 May 2022

Do you believe that involving children and young people in decision making is…

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Introductions to the Play Types – Training Event

27 April 2022

What are the play types and how can you use them to inform…

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Introduction to Outdoor Classroom Day – Training Event

27 April 2022

Join Play Scotland for an ‘Introduction to Outdoor Classroom Day’ for practical tips…

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Intergenerational Play and Storytelling Toolkit Launch & Training

13 April 2022

Friday 29th April 2022, 10:00am – 12:00pm Zoom Join Generations Working Together and…

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New: Podcast – Partnership Working for Play

31 March 2022

We have just published our 8th Play Well podcast episode! In this episode,…

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Parents and Carers We Need You!

16 March 2022

Parents & carers we need you!   The Scottish Government is consulting on…

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Shetland Play Van Success

16 March 2022

Thanks to Get into Summer Funding from the Scottish Government we were able to…

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Creating a Children and Young People response to the NPF4 Consultation

1 March 2022

We want to support you to ensure that the children and young people that you work with are empowered to share their thoughts on these topics.  Our facilitator’s pack will guide you through the process of running one engagement session that will allow you to respond to both consultations.

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School-aged childcare consultation

31 January 2022

FCSS is working with Scottish Government to better understand the supply and demand…

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Play Sufficiency Assessment Consultations

13 January 2022

It is vital that the voice of children and young people is heard…

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Consultation on the new national planning framework

13 January 2022

Play Scotland and A Place in Childhood are hosting three seminars on the…

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Intergenerational Play and Storytelling

6 December 2021

Play Scotland and Generations Working Together are currently looking for case studies of…

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Children’s Alliance job opportunity

5 November 2021

Head of Children’s Alliance Children’s Alliance has announced that they are looking for…

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The Children’s Alliance Report on the Health & Wellbeing of Children in the Early Years

3 November 2021

Covid-19 has uncovered entrenched health inequalities; hobbling UK children even prior to birth…

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October Update

28 October 2021

Welcome to our October updates blog! If you would like to receive our…

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September Updates

9 September 2021

Welcome to our September updates blog! If you would like to receive our…

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Moths to a Flame Art Workshop for COP26

7 July 2021

We are very excited to be delivering Moths to a Flame workshops for…

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Parks for People: why should we invest in parks?

29 June 2021

Evidence from the Parks for People programme and six case studies uncovers the…

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We are hiring Digital Membership & Services Officer £27,828 pro-rata 20 hours per week

Play Scotland Digital Membership and Services Officer

25 June 2021

Come and work with us!  Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…

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Glasgow chosen as host city for 2023 International Play Association World Congress

8 June 2021

The International Play Association (IPA) has chosen Glasgow as the location of its…

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National Children’s Day UK 2021

30 April 2021

Sunday 16th May National Children’s Day UK (NCDUK) is all about the importance of…

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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

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

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