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Caledonia Play designs play solutions for children with additional support needs

...additional support needs 1 Aug 2024 For children with additional support needs, adventurous outdoor play can be a therapeutic experience that provides a moment of serenity outside of everyday life. And for those who design and build play...


We must not delay making alcohol-free childhoods a reality

Access to Childcare Fund

...for more Inverclyde Council Inverclyde focused on a trial of holiday hubs with a focus on outdoor play, health and the arts. Click here for...


Participation through the Pandemic (2021-2022)

The benefits of time spent outdoors this summer

“Children don’t need shorter holidays or longer school days. They need more play”

...their imagination and curiosity. The physical benefits of play are well known. Play (particularly outdoor play) increases wellbeing, increasing oxygen levels, heart rates, activity levels and obesity but the mental health benefits and development...

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25 Calls response: We must invest in our urban green spaces if our young people are to live fun, healthy lives – and Scotland’s canals have a key role to play

A modest proposal

...has combined with fragmenting communities to deny little children access to active, self-directed outdoor play. The implications of these changes for all aspects of development – physical, social, emotional and cognitive – are immense. It’s...


‘No legal basis’ for compulsory P1 testing, new information reveals

...why we support Upstart Scotland's Play Not Tests campaign. Read more Promoting an outdoor playful approach An event exploring using outdoor play to build the foundations of maths. Find out...


The early years in focus: creating an event to support the sector

The future of football is in your hands

Access to childcare services ‘has strengthened relationships and wellbeing for children and parents’, new report finds
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Our reaction to the Programme for Government: family wellbeing fund welcomed but disappointment at lack of progress on child payment level
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Project launched to understand participation through the pandemic

Question time for politicians at Voices Forum hustings

Shetland childcare provider wins small business of the year accolade
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Food, Families, Futures project serves up fun activities and 3,500 meals over the summer

A radical new beginning

Charities set to benefit from outdoor play funding

... Magazine / Charities set to benefit from £550,000 in outdoor play funding Posted 21.07.23 by Alice Hinds children and young people funding health and wellbeing outdoor play play Thousands of Scottish children living in deprived areas...

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Community Play Fund gets families outdoors

...April 12 2022, by Jennifer Drummond. Photo © Anna Cervinkova health and wellbeing outdoor play play Thousands of children from deprived communities across Scotland are set to benefit from improved outdoor play...

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Big changes on the horizon for Scotland's play spaces

...changes, with new reforms and funding Posted 28 March, 2023 by Nina Joynson funding outdoor play programme for government Scottish Government The Scottish Government has announced new planning reforms and funding to...

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St Mirin's Out of School Club

...in collaboration supporting families who may work irregular hours. They are also creating a shared outdoor play and learning space within the school to build children’s confidence in the outdoors. Latest news 30 November 2022 Watch this...


Inverclyde Council

...a barrier to opportunities for families in Inverclyde. The local authority is looking to focus on outdoor play, health and wellbeing and the creative arts in its targeted childcare offer for families, including children with complex additional...


Flexible Childcare Services Scotland

...creating a new outdoor space and creating more opportunities for all their children to engage in outdoor play. In Fraserburgh, the ACF funding is being primarily used to establish a new service in a local school. The test of cbange in the case of...


The Early Learning & Childcare (ELC) Inclusion Fund

...language development, strengthening the link between staff and parents / carers, and making outdoor play more accessible. Click on the links on this page to read the case studies and profiles. Todholm Early Learning and Childcare Class,...


Schools in Scotland encouraged to join LEAF programme
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Young people united through street art
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Scouts Scotland extends human rights learning badge
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New funding announced to improve childcare
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Report highlights success of family support programme
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Stepping Stone for Families

"Let's embrace change and build a service we're proud of"

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Call 6: Rights, wellbeing and love of learning must be at the heart of education if Scotland is truly to be the 'best place to grow up'

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Caledonia Play designs play solutions for children with additional support needs

...additional support needs 1 Aug 2024 For children with additional support needs, adventurous outdoor play can be a therapeutic experience that provides a moment of serenity outside of everyday life. And for those who design and build play...


We must not delay making alcohol-free childhoods a reality

The benefits of time spent outdoors this summer

“Children don’t need shorter holidays or longer school days. They need more play”

...their imagination and curiosity. The physical benefits of play are well known. Play (particularly outdoor play) increases wellbeing, increasing oxygen levels, heart rates, activity levels and obesity but the mental health benefits and development...

academic access to childcare fund childcare community Learning out of school care outcomes play School skills

25 Calls response: We must invest in our urban green spaces if our young people are to live fun, healthy lives – and Scotland’s canals have a key role to play

A modest proposal

...has combined with fragmenting communities to deny little children access to active, self-directed outdoor play. The implications of these changes for all aspects of development – physical, social, emotional and cognitive – are immense. It’s...


‘No legal basis’ for compulsory P1 testing, new information reveals

...why we support Upstart Scotland's Play Not Tests campaign. Read more Promoting an outdoor playful approach An event exploring using outdoor play to build the foundations of maths. Find out...


The early years in focus: creating an event to support the sector

The future of football is in your hands

Access to childcare services ‘has strengthened relationships and wellbeing for children and parents’, new report finds
access to childcare fund childcare Families flexibility out of school care Parents Poverty services

Our reaction to the Programme for Government: family wellbeing fund welcomed but disappointment at lack of progress on child payment level
childcare Children's rights environment equality family support programme for government Wellbeing

Project launched to understand participation through the pandemic

Question time for politicians at Voices Forum hustings

Shetland childcare provider wins small business of the year accolade
access to childcare fund business childcare community family funding resilience shetland

Food, Families, Futures project serves up fun activities and 3,500 meals over the summer

A radical new beginning


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St Mirin's Out of School Club

...in collaboration supporting families who may work irregular hours. They are also creating a shared outdoor play and learning space within the school to build children’s confidence in the outdoors. Latest news 30 November 2022 Watch this...


Inverclyde Council

...a barrier to opportunities for families in Inverclyde. The local authority is looking to focus on outdoor play, health and wellbeing and the creative arts in its targeted childcare offer for families, including children with complex additional...


Flexible Childcare Services Scotland

...creating a new outdoor space and creating more opportunities for all their children to engage in outdoor play. In Fraserburgh, the ACF funding is being primarily used to establish a new service in a local school. The test of cbange in the case of...


The Early Learning & Childcare (ELC) Inclusion Fund

...language development, strengthening the link between staff and parents / carers, and making outdoor play more accessible. Click on the links on this page to read the case studies and profiles. Todholm Early Learning and Childcare Class,...


Stepping Stone for Families

News


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Charities set to benefit from outdoor play funding
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... Magazine / Charities set to benefit from £550,000 in outdoor play funding Posted 21.07.23 by Alice Hinds children and young people funding health and wellbeing outdoor play play Thousands of Scottish children living in deprived areas...

children and young people funding health and wellbeing outdoor play play

Community Play Fund gets families outdoors
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...April 12 2022, by Jennifer Drummond. Photo © Anna Cervinkova health and wellbeing outdoor play play Thousands of children from deprived communities across Scotland are set to benefit from improved outdoor play...

health and wellbeing outdoor play play

Big changes on the horizon for Scotland's play spaces
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...changes, with new reforms and funding Posted 28 March, 2023 by Nina Joynson funding outdoor play programme for government Scottish Government The Scottish Government has announced new planning reforms and funding to...

funding outdoor play programme for government Scottish Government

Schools in Scotland encouraged to join LEAF programme
postchildren and young people health and wellbeing learning for sustainability Outdoor education outdoor learning

Young people united through street art
postart care care experienced people creativity

Scouts Scotland extends human rights learning badge
postChildren's rights early learning human rights

New funding announced to improve childcare
postchildcare childcare expansion out of school care School

Report highlights success of family support programme
postHealth parenting

Member directory: full
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Member directory: N-S
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Member directory: G-M
post
"Let's embrace change and build a service we're proud of"
post
Member Spotlight: Seamab
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Call 6: Rights, wellbeing and love of learning must be at the heart of education if Scotland is truly to be the 'best place to grow up'
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Is the future 50:50?
postComment Magazine Parents