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…
Read more »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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Play Scotland Digital Membership and Services Officer
25 June 2021
Come and work with us! Play Scotland are recruiting a Digital Membership and…
Read more »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…
Read more »National Children’s Day UK 2021
30 April 2021
Sunday 16th May National Children’s Day UK (NCDUK) is all about the importance of…
Read more »New Playful Pedagogy Resource from Play Scotland to support everyday learning adventures across the school
21 October 2020
Playful Pedagogy is a way of integrating children’s play experiences with curricular learning, giving…
Read more »First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announcement
3 July 2020
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced, “We want to help children enjoy these summer…
Read more »Lockdown: children’s mental health
8 June 2020
Children and young people are likely to experience high rates of depression and…
Read more »IPA Play in Crisis: support for parents and carers
13 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on children and families around the…
Read more »Active Students Could Outperform Sitting Students by 16%
4 December 2018
The BBC has published an article detailing new research on active students. “International research found…
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 »School grounds alliance adopts play sector approach to risk
2 October 2017
The International School Grounds Alliance (ISGA) has published a statement on the assessment…
Read more »Dad play with babies ‘boost mental growth’
11 May 2017
Fathers who interact more with their babies during the first few months of…
Read more »Action on child poverty, Scottish Government
22 December 2016
Annual report and consultation responses published. You can view this here
Read more »Study Compares Active Video Gaming to Unstructured Outdoor Play
12 June 2015
The increasing use of video games is often blamed for children’s lack of…
Read more »inShare £1 million to develop early years workforce
2 June 2015
Independent review of early learning and childcare workforce published. £1 million to help…
Read more »The cognitive benefits of play: Effects on the learning brain
6 May 2015
Interesting blog – click here Science supports many of our intuitions about the benefits of…
Read more »Playing outside can save your child’s eyesight: Not enough time spent outdoors is creating an ‘epidemic’ of eye conditions
28 April 2015
Hours glued to TV screens and electronic devices and not enough time spent…
Read more »New practical tool challenges the cotton wool culture
13 November 2014
New practical tool challenges the cotton wool culture and paves the way for…
Read more »Play ‘boosts children’s development and happiness’, BBC News
6 August 2014
Play helps boost children’s language development, problem solving, risk management and independent learning…
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