8-26 year olds: Get involved in the Year of Young People 2018
29 March 2017
The people behind the Year are looking for 8 to 26-year-olds from all…
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How Letting Kids Get Dirty Helps Protect From An ‘Oversanitized World’
24 March 2017
With the onset of spring, children will want to play outside. When they…
Read more »Girl, 8, wins swing campaign for disabled brother
24 March 2017
A council has installed a special needs swing just days after an eight-year-old…
Read more »Children not allowed to “play out” until age ten, Scotsman
23 March 2017
Marguerite Hunter Blair, chief executive of Play Scotland, pointed to a recent study…
Read more »Girl, 8, writes to council over swing for disabled brother
21 March 2017
Naomi wrote to the authority after visiting the new park near their home…
Read more »Learning outside the classroom builds character and helps children thrive – it can’t become the preserve of independent schools
17 March 2017
Real education’ is about developing rounded, resilient individuals who also happen to score…
Read more »Speech: Scotland’s Play Charter
17 March 2017
Speech from Ruth Maguire MSP on Scotland’s Play Charter
Read more »Play Scotland Annual Review 2016
17 March 2017
Delighted to launch our 2016 Annual Review, You can view this here
Read more »VACANCY with Play Scotland – Trainer/Assessors Required
16 March 2017
Play Scotland Vacancies Trainer/Assessors Required There is an exciting opportunity to deliver a…
Read more »RUTH LAUDS ‘PLAY CHAMPIONS’ AT ST LUKE’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
14 March 2017
Play is one of the most important means by which children learn and…
Read more »Lego to build up digital games as sales hit record high
14 March 2017
Marguerite Hunter Blair, chief executive of Play Scotland, said: “If you can use…
Read more »Primary school tells parents to put down their phones while picking up kids
14 March 2017
“Greet your CHILD with a SMILE, NOT A MOBILE” Full article
Read more »Lego-based play therapy could help children with autism develop social skills
27 February 2017
Experts are looking to play therapy using Lego to help children with autism…
Read more »Teaching Children to Play With Fire
24 February 2017
At a Berlin day care center, a little boy lights a match and…
Read more »Future Me campaign launch, Scottish Government
15 February 2017
Parents encouraged to talk to children about their dreams. A new campaign encouraging…
Read more »Ten-year-old applies to be Cambridge professor of Lego
15 February 2017
“I am the best candidate for the job of professor of play in…
Read more »Motion S5M-03584 supporting Scotland’s Play Charter
24 January 2017
A Motion supporting Scotland’s Play Charter has been placed by Ruth Maguire MSP…
Read more »Edinburgh street play pilot to be extended despite criticism
16 January 2017
A scheme designed to help parents temporarily close streets for their children to…
Read more »Moderate screen use ‘boosts teen wellbeing’, BBC News
16 January 2017
A study of screen time and mental wellbeing among teenagers has suggested moderate…
Read more »They raise the world’s happiest children – so is it time you went Dutch?
13 January 2017
Two toddlers have just chased each other to the top of a climbing…
Read more »Toy guns: ‘Children have an innate, inquisitive nature to explore good and bad, right and wrong’
9 January 2017
Playing with toy guns is a controversial subject within the early years sector….
Read more »Action on child poverty, Scottish Government
22 December 2016
Annual report and consultation responses published. You can view this here
Read more »Keeping children safe from button batteries
22 December 2016
Button batteries and lithium coin batteries are the small, round batteries you find…
Read more »Heinz beans ‘can song’ advert banned over injury fears, HSE
14 December 2016
“While the Health and Safety Executive would not wish to publicly contradict this…
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