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Better Breaktimes, Better Transitions: Perspectives on Play

Better Breaktimes, Better Transitions: Perspectives on Play

Perspectives on Play captures a combination of findings, feedback and information from a 2021 Better Breaktimes, Better Transitions project.

Type: Evaluation & Report, Research

Age: Universal

Categories: Health & Wellbeing , Playwork & the Play Sector , Space, Place & Planning

Tags: Getting it right for play , Outdoor , Outside play , Play Scotland information leaflets , Policy Scotland Supporting Play

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024

On the 16th January Children’s Right to Play was incorporated into Scots law. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act incorporates the United Nations...

Type: Policy

Age: Universal

Categories: Education & Learning , Inclusion & Rights

Tags: Publications - other organisations , Rights of the child , UNCRC

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Project Report the Greener Understanding of Article 31: Litter Pick & Play

Project Report the Greener Understanding of Article 31: Litter Pick & Play

In the run up to the International Play Association Conference in 2023, Play Scotland, in association with IPA Scotland, organised the Greener Understanding of Article 31: Litter Pick & Play...

Type: Evaluation & Report

Age: Universal

Categories: Climate & Environment

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The Case for Play in Schools: A review of the literature

The Case for Play in Schools: A review of the literature

This review is a synthesis of an commentary on the state play in primary school playgrounds, reviewing academic research and 'grey' literature

Type: Evaluation & Report, Research

Age: Universal

Categories: Play Strategy , Playwork & the Play Sector

Tags: Outdoor , Outside play , Publications - other organisations

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The State of Play in Scotland 2023

The State of Play in Scotland 2023

The State of Play in Scotland report brings together the findings of four previous reports focused on children’s play, in consultation with children and young people. This report shows the...

Type: Research, Evaluation & Report

Age: Universal

Categories: Inclusion & Rights , Play Strategy , Playwork & the Play Sector , Space, Place & Planning

Tags: Publications - other organisations , State of Play

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Nature Play

Nature play is any freely chosen activity that involves children playing outdoors and connecting with nature; whether it’s on the beach, in the woods, at the park, or in your...

Type: Ideas Booklet

Age: Universal

Categories: Climate & Environment , Play Activities

Tags: Outdoor , Outside play , Play Scotland leaflets

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Children, Young People and Placemaking in Scotland: a literature and policy review

Children, Young People and Placemaking in Scotland: a literature and policy review

This review draws together how children and young people’s rights relate to place, and how and why children and young people should be further involved in place-based decision-making

Type: Policy

Age: Universal

Categories: Space, Place & Planning

Tags: Children , NPF4 , Place , Placemaking , Planning , Play , Play Sufficiency , Young People

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Celebrating 25 years of Play Scotland

Celebrating 25 years of Play Scotland

Type: Evaluation & Report

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Tags: Annual Report , Annual reviews

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