In 2018, we brought together a broad group of academics and organisations from education, childcare, healthcare, environment and government to create Scotland’s Outdoor Play and Learning Coalition. The Coalition created a bold position statement which committed signatories to working together to embed playing and learning outdoors as an everyday activity and a fundamental part of growing up in Scotland.
The statement’s 100-plus signatories include Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland, local authorities, national bodies and leading academics.
The Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support (SOCAS) fund report shares insights from four and a half years of managing funding which delivers vital support to adult survivors of childhood abuse. A total of £11.2m of Scottish Government funding was managed by Inspiring Scotland and provided to 29 charities across the country to deliver services between
Read MoreRoberta’s story- ‘My outdoor learning journey!’ Back in 2017, Thrive Outdoors started working with Glasgow City Council to create collaborative nursery partnerships across the city to explore outdoor play and learning. One of these partnerships was the Welly Wanderers led by the Jeely Piece Club and involving eight local nurseries in Castlemilk. We caught
Read MoreEquality and Human Rights Fund Webinar 1 – About the Fund (video and transcription)
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