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…
Read more »Celebrating 20 Years of Play Scotland
14 December 2018
14th December marks 20 years of Play Scotland, the national organisation for play….
Read more »Cheap blocks and boxes backed over high-tech toys this Christmas – study
6 December 2018
Skip the costly electronic games and flashy digital gizmos. Paediatricians say the best…
Read more »UK Poverty Report from JRF
4 December 2018
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has this week published the 2018 Poverty Report, you…
Read more »‘Playground politics’ as Presiding Officer fights for school greenspace
30 November 2018
The Scottish Parliament’s presiding officer is bringing a new meaning to the phrase ‘playground…
Read more »Online Petition from Children First: We need a senior Cabinet Minister with special responsibility for children and young people
26 November 2018
The health and well-being of our children and young people is being challenged…
Read more »Charity calls for better access to children’s mental health support. The National
26 November 2018
Young people in Scotland are demanding equal and better access to mental health support. The…
Read more »Serene Santa’s Grotto for Children with Autism. Scottish Field
26 November 2018
Santa’s farmyard cottage will become a serene haven for children with autism and…
Read more »Children are being ‘datafied from birth’
9 November 2018
Today’s children are the first to be “datafied” from birth and little thought…
Read more »Playing it safe? – A global white paper on risk, liability and children’s play in public space
6 November 2018
Available data suggests that playgrounds are comparatively safe places – yet, in many…
Read more »Children’s sleep barely affected by screen time, new study finds
6 November 2018
Children’s sleep is barely affected by the amount of time spent staring at screens, claims…
Read more »Scotland’s Outdoor Play-based Learning Coalition Position Statement
24 October 2018
“In outdoor settings you can see that children getting out to play everyday…
Read more »Teach children obesity not inevitable – medics
11 October 2018
Children should be taught that obesity is not inevitable, medics have said as…
Read more »Half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14. World Economic Forum
10 October 2018
Mental illness can strike anyone at any time in their life. In fact,…
Read more »Winners of Play More Campaign
10 October 2018
You can find the winners of the Sudocrem Play More Campaign here
Read more »Britain must reconnect with nature to combat ‘mental health epidemic’, says Caroline Lucas
10 October 2018
Caroline Lucas is urging British people to reconnect with nature to address the “mental…
Read more »Diary of a Wimpy Kid to be translated into Scots
3 October 2018
Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid is to be translated into Scots according…
Read more »Flexible working urged to eradicate child poverty in Scotland. BBC News
3 October 2018
Child poverty in Scotland can only be eradicated if there is a change…
Read more »Break times a vital part of school day say global experts
13 September 2018
School break times can be just as important to the quality of pupils’…
Read more »John Swinney: ‘We can succeed in closing the attainment gap’
22 August 2018
The start of the new school term is a natural time to think…
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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…
Read more »Play More Campaign
16 August 2018
Play Scotland are delighted to be part of the Play More campaign from Sudocrem. You…
Read more »Can children floss their way to fitness? BBC news
16 August 2018
As the popular game celebrates its first birthday, a fitness chain has extracted…
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