An opportunity for national organisations to support the Playday campaign.
If your organisation is passionate about play, recognises the importance of play in children and young people’s lives, supports every child’s right to play, and would like to show support for Playday, we invite you to become a Playday Champion!
By becoming a Playday Champion you will join other national organisations in strengthening our call for all children and young people to have the time, space, and freedom to play throughout their childhood.
Our commitment
We will include your organisation in our list of Playday Champions displayed on this page. This is an opportunity for national organisations to show their commitment to the Playday campaign and promote their organisation’s work through a brief description and website link.
Your commitment
We ask that your organisation is committed to the child’s right to play, and help promote our Playday campaign.
Examples of promotion include organising an event, sharing a website post, social media post, newsletter article or by promoting through the media.
Next step
National organisations working within the UK can register interest in becoming a Playday Champion by contacting the play organisation in their country and we will be in touch to confirm your information.
Fields in Trust
Fields in Trust champions and supports our parks and green spaces by protecting them for people to enjoy, forever.
Fields in Trust is an independent charity with almost 100 years of experience protecting parks, green spaces, and recreational play areas. Working with landowners, community groups, and policymakers, they champion the value of these spaces to achieve better protection for their future at both the local and national levels.
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is an internationally renowned centre for contemporary art and registered charity that enables audiences, artists and participants to see, experience and create. With two beautiful large-scale gallery spaces, two thriving cinema screens, a busy print studio, an award-winning learning programme, and a packed programme of events, workshops, classes, and activities aimed at all ages and abilities, DCA is a vibrant cultural hub open to all, located in the heart of the city.
Scrap Antics
ScrapAntics is a social enterprise with four core impacts of community, art, recycling and education. They are passionate about play and create a variety of playful and creative opportunities using recycled materials.
ScrapAntics offers a range of play sessions, events, workshops and creative community projects as well as supporting a number of volunteers. They have now diverted over 100 tonnes of waste back into the community as resources for creative and play-based projects.
Care Inspectorate
The Care Inspectorate is a scrutiny body which supports improvement. Our vision is that everyone experiences safe, high-quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices. Childcare environments should positively support children to access play and learning opportunities that benefit their development, health, wellbeing and happiness. One of the Health and Social Care Standards says ‘As a child, my social and physical skills, confidence, self-esteem and creativity are developed through a balance of organised and freely chosen extended play, including using open ended and natural materials’.
IPA Scotland
International Play Association (IPA) Scotland is a small and vibrant membership charity, registered in Scotland, working to protect, preserve and promote the child’s right to play as a fundamental human right. IPA Scotland’s work, values and principles are underpinned by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and in particular article 31. As longstanding branch of the IPA World organisation, IPA Scotland works with other national branches to provide an international forum for exchange and action across disciplines and across sectors.
Parenting Across Scotland
Parenting across Scotland is a network of charities which offer support to children and families in Scotland.
We work together with our members, partners and stakeholders to focus on parenting issues and to help realise our vision – a Scotland where all parents and families are valued and supported to give children the best possible start in life.
YouthLink Scotland
Youth Link Scotland is the national agency for youth work, representing and advocating for the sector so that all young people can access high-quality youth work.
We strongly believe that a healthy and vibrant youth work sector can bring transformation, not only to the lives of young people but also to their families, communities and society as a whole.
SOSCN
The Scottish Out of School Care Network (SOSCN) is the national charitable organisation supporting school age childcare services in Scotland. The UNCRC and children’s rights are at the heart of all our work, in particular Article 31: the child’s right to culture, leisure, rest and play. Further information: www.soscn.org
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