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Simply Play - Inspiring Scotland

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Simply Play

Part of the Outdoor Nursery Social Enterprise (ONSE) fund

Simply Play was formed in 2010, following extensive consultation, planning and design, in partnership with West Lothian Council and independent out of school projects.

Simply Play ensures that essential childcare provision continues to support working families across West Lothian and it aims to be the best value provider within every community.

Through the ONSE fund they are setting up the first fully Outdoor Nursery in West Lothian called the Wonder Woods Woodland Nursery based near to West Calder.

Invitation to tender
08.07.2024

Invitation to tender

Inspiring Scotland invites tenders to undertake a locality needs assessment for services responding to violence against women and girls. Glasgow East Women’s Aid in Easterhouse recently ceased operating bringing to an end their domestic abuse service and delivery of community gender-based violence (GBV) services in the area. This leaves a gap in direct frontline service

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Kinship Learning and Collaboration
27.06.2024

Kinship Learning and Collaboration

We recently brought together organisations to host an event looking at where kinship care currently is in Scotland and where it needs to be to support young people and their wider families to thrive.     The kinship care landscape in Scotland “We need to do more for kinship carers and children”    Since 2016, Inspiring

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The Power of Sport and Physical Activity since the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
26.06.2024

The Power of Sport and Physical Activity since the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Earlier this month, some of the  Inspiring Scotland Thrive Outdoors team, alongside partners   hosted a workshop at the Power of Sport and Physical Activity Conference. The conference, held at Easterhouse Community Hub, marked 10 years since the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and looked to celebrate the power of sport and physical activity for people to

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