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Find out how to create imaginative, creative and fun play with crates, pebbles and bits of string with our Loose Parts Play toolkit.
Download the toolkitDr. Mark Tremblay of Canada’s HALO Research talks to Prof. John Reilly of the University of Strathclyde and Rachel Cowper of Inspiring Scotland about how, counter to to popular belief, it is safer for children to be outdoors than indoors. This video is part of a series on the health crisis faced by young children
Learn MoreDr. Mark Tremblay of HALO Research and Prof. John Reilly of the University of Strathclyde discuss childhood inactivity levels in Canada and Scotland from the Active Healthy Kids Report Card 2016 – one of the reasons we strive for physically active outdoor play for all of Scotland’s children.
Learn MoreThis reports on the progress of the 14:19 Fund first six months in 2016.
Learn MoreIntroducing the ninth and penultimate 14:19 Fund Annual Report showing another year of amazing impact for Scotland’s young people.
Learn MoreThis interim report reviews the performance of the Inspiring Scotland 14:19 Fund in the six-month period from January to June 2017.
Learn MoreThis interim report reviews the performance of the Inspiring Scotland 14:19 Fund in the six-month period from January to June 2018. This report offers a snapshot of the progress of the fund in its final year and we are pleased to report it is on track to deliver its annual targets. This will mean we
Learn MoreAn academic review commissioned by Inspiring Scotland and written by Mike Danson and Joanne Macfarlane assessing the impact and continued requirement for the role of the third sector in combating youth unemployment through programmes like 14:19 Fund.
Learn MoreThis report, which was published in 2008, provided a starting point for Inspiring Scotland’s 14:19 Fund. It introduced the issues underlying the problem of young people who are neither learning nor working and suggests what the fund might hope to achieve.
Learn MoreThis guidance was published in 2008 to coincide with the launch of the 14:19 Fund and outlines the focus of the investment.
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