Play Ranger Toolkit

Welcome to the newest edition of Scotland’s Play Ranger Toolkit.

Scotland’s Play Ranger Toolkit has been developed by Thrive Outdoors, in collaboration with a number of Scottish charities who use the Play Ranger model throughout their delivery of outdoor play provision.

With this in mind, this edition offers:

a greater focus on skills that help adults to facilitate sessions using the Play Ranger model
practical and step by step guidance on how to use the Play Ranger model within different settings
a wide range of ‘snapshots’ and case studies illustrating real-life application of the play ranger model in the field
more pages to print, photocopy and share

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09.11.2021

Creative Communities Case Study: Create Inspire

We are sharing a number of case studies from our charity partners who are part of the Creative Communities programme. Based in the North West, Create Inspire Projects CIC provides creative and participatory film, singing and theatre arts workshops for remote communities in the North West of Scotland. This particular project commenced in March 2021.

Practitioner’s Guide Bite-sized tips: play in the dark

This week’s practitioner’s guide features bite-sized tips on encouraging play in the dark play from guest contributor Simon Cawthorne, Senior Play Ranger – Smart Play Network. These tips link in with our first ever podcast episode! Listen to our ‘Outdoor play is the way’ podcast: Ep 1 Playing in the dark -top tips for playing

14:19 Fund Report 2012

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