The Play Well Podcast

In this episode, we will look at play, sport, and physical activity, and how play can be used to lead to better outcomes for all children.

To explore this, our Head of Projects Cherie Morgan catches up with Active Nation Commissioner for Scotland Lee Craigie, and Thrive Outdoors Fund Manager from Inspiring Scotland Melodie Crumlin.

In this episode, we will look at play and gender equality, and how play can be used to lead to better outcomes for all children.

To explore this, our Learning and Development Officer Jenny Lester catches up with Joanna Zawadzka from Zero Tolerance and Susie Heywood from the Gender Equal Nurseries Project in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.

In this episode, we will look at play and mental health, and how play can be used to lead to better outcomes for all children.

To explore this our Director Marguerite Hunter Blair speaks to Professor Helen Dodd.

In this episode, we will look at poverty as a barrier to play, play as a social justice issue, and how play can be used to lead to better outcomes for all children.

To explore this our Director Marguerite Hunter Blair speaks to Professor John McKendrick.

In this episode, we will look at how play can be used to support active travel and lead to better outcomes for all children.

To explore this we will be hearing from Naomi Wright from the Art and Energy Collective, Robyn Warburton from Paths for All, and Emily Ryder from Play Together On Pedals.

In this episode, we are looking at how play supports families to get out and be active, and also how more broadly it supports relationships between the children and families and also in providing a support network of peers.

We will be chatting to Jane Brompton, Chief Executive of Early Years Scotland, Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Children and Young People, and Charlotte Bowes, an Early Years teacher and Play Champion from Edinburgh.