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Improving Safe Access to Street Space for Children’s Play and Physical Activity

Improving Safe Access to Street Space for Children’s Play and Physical Activity

This short paper explores the evidence for families with children to be allowed greater access to very local neighbourhood space, to allow children to play safely within physical distancing rules.

Type: Research, Toolkit, Ideas Booklet

Categories: Health & Wellbeing , Play Activities , Space, Place & Planning

Tags: COVID

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Our Creative Journey

Our Creative Journey

This Care Inspectorate publication is on expressive arts within early learning and childcare and other children’s services. Creative play helps children flourish as confident, resilient and happy individuals and it...

Type: Toolkit, Research, Case Study

Categories: Education & Learning

Tags: Outdoor play and learning , Publications - other organisations

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My World Outdoors

My World Outdoors

This Care Inspectorate publication shares good practice in how early years services can provide play and learning wholly or partially outdoors. Spending time outdoors and particularly in natural environments is good...

Type: Toolkit, Case Study, Research

Categories: Education & Learning

Tags: Outdoor play and learning , Publications - other organisations

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Out to Play

Practical guidance for creating outdoor play experiences in early learning and childcare. Shaped by the Scottish Government, the Care Inspectorate and Inspiring Scotland, this guide builds on a number of...

Type: Toolkit, Case Study, Research

Categories: Education & Learning

Tags: Outdoor play and learning , Publications - other organisations

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Play Scotland Survey Report Executive Summary 2020

Play Scotland Survey Report Executive Summary 2020

Summary of a survey was undertaken by Play Scotland in April 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on play and childcare settings in Scotland.

Categories: Health & Wellbeing

Tags: COVID , Play Scotland Research

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Children’s Play and Leisure – Promoting a balanced approach

Children’s Play and Leisure – Promoting a balanced approach

Health and safety laws and regulations are sometimes presented as a reason why certain play and leisure activities undertaken by children and young people should be discouraged. The reasons for...

Type: Policy, Statement, Research

Categories: Health & Wellbeing , Playwork & the Play Sector

Tags: Risk , Risk management

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No Balls Games Here. Published 2010

No Balls Games Here. Published 2010

Living Streets Research on how UK streets have become no-go areas for our Communities.

Categories: Space, Place & Planning

Tags: Community

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Evidence, Outcomes and Logic Models, 2015

Evidence, Outcomes and Logic Models, 2015

The purpose of this paper is to review the evidence of the benefits and outcomes of play for children, and to look at how these benefits and outcomes fit into...

Type: Research, Policy

Categories: Play Strategy

Tags: Play Strategy , Play Strategy Action Plan

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