Give Them Time
@GiveTimeScot
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Succeeded in campaigning for a further year of nursery funding for ALL children deferring primary one start in Scotland who need more time.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined October 2018
Check out our new website: https://t.co/EUenHkKDQq
#GiveThemTime
givethemtime.org
Campaign for a fairer national approach to funding deferrals across Scotland
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PLEASE SIGN Upstart's petition for a developmentally-appropriate kindergarten stage! Here's the link: https://t.co/MYV98PHOA3 And please pass it on! @KateJohnston3 @JonoLesley @GiveTimeScot @suzannezeedyk
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This looks like a good space to hear why play matters for children and to ask questions and hopefully hear about what else is happening across Scotland to ensure the right to play for all children is realised!
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We also know parents want to know more How does play support development & wellbeing? How do we encourage more play in schools? How do we build play rich communities? Why are we still seeing play removed as a punishment in schools, when UNCRC says play is a right?
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In the Give Them Time community, we hear it again and again: ✨ Children need time ✨ Children need space ✨ Children need PLAY Play supports development, confidence, emotional wellbeing and strengthens relationships too
⭐ Open to All ⭐ Talking Points for Parents: The Power of Play with Play Scotland 18 Nov 2025, 8-9pm Info & book: https://t.co/CWgOBexIIa Everyone is invited to join this free live online session with Play Scotland, our national champion & expert in play @PlayScotland
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A member of the REPAIR steering group will be attending this tomorrow. Looking forward to a day of interesting discussion and insights.
Join us this October for the Carers Parliament 2025! With a new Scottish Parliament to be elected next year, we will be looking at 2026 and beyond to address the main priorities for unpaid carers and how their lives can be improved. Book your place here: https://t.co/n5xY8Z9n23
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📣RECRUITMENT NOW OPEN! We're delighted to announce that the Scottish Assembly of Parents and Carers is opening recruitment for new members! 📩To note your interest, please apply here: https://t.co/iqi6EVJT6N
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53 signatures until 1,700 Let’s keep it going! Establish a kindergarten stage in Scottish education - Petitions
petitions.parliament.scot
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to establish a relationship-centred, play-based kindergarten stage for children between the ages of 3-7 years old.
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Education leadership is not just for principals/headteachers or classroom teachers! Interested in parent leadership? Do not miss our Nov 6 parent engagement webinar
uofglasgow.zoom.us
Today’s young people are cynical about democracy and their place in it. Only 16% of U.S. young adults ages 18-29 believe that democracy is working well for young people, and 38% of children and teens...
Want to know more about parent leadership? Do not miss our November 6 (12PM ET/5PM GMT) parent engagement webinar Building Generational Power through Family Civics with Dr Joanna Geller and Dr Fabienne Doucet from @metronyu Register here https://t.co/ZOkzK7kp6Q
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At the end of November we will have a couple of parent engagement webinars with two Canadian teachers sharing their experience in authentic and family-centric parent engagement. Nov 20 - Shelbi MacKinnon https://t.co/eWqOMwcMnm Nov 27 - Melanie Lynchuk https://t.co/xWUIMAwfZi
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Petition just hit 1450. THANK YOU! Please keep spreading the word so we can show the Scottish government how much support there is for a kindergarten stage. https://t.co/MYV98PHgKv
@GiveTimeScot @PlayScotland @connect_scot @suzannezeedyk
petitions.parliament.scot
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to establish a relationship-centred, play-based kindergarten stage for children between the ages of 3-7 years old.
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THANK YOU to the 600+ people who've signed our petition! If you haven't signed yet, please help us get to 1000 by the end of the week. And PLEASE pass it on! https://t.co/MYV98PHOA3
@suzannezeedyk @playscotland @together_sacr @CreativeSTAR @InspiringSland @froebeledin
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At the Upstart Scotland AGM with Zoe Sills about to begin her keynote. Exciting! Thank you to everyone who attended.
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Edinburgh Reporter has 5 things you need to know and today Our campaign is one of them. https://t.co/abr1InlORV please consider signing if you use Holiday Hubs, its not about politics or taking sides its about the kids.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
Holiday Hubs – no solution yet REPAIR (Edinburgh) Networks have issued an open letter which laments that they are in much the same position as they were a year ago. The parents of children who are...
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Our latest newsletter is out now! Important news about our AGM this coming Saturday. Our petition is live on the Scottish Parliament Petitions site - link in newsletter.
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The Newsletter covers recent news, views, publications and and events relating to early child development, attachment and play.
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Change of speaker at our AGM - Zoe Sills will be speaking about the importance of risky play. Hope to see you there! @PlayScotland @Thrive_Outdoors @muckybootsed
https://t.co/RA7RW6Kkhg
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Upstart newsletter just published. Read all about it! @KateJohnston3 @GiveTimeScot @JonoLesley
https://t.co/4SiC6nNBs2
mailchi.mp
The Newsletter covers recent news, views, publications and and events relating to early child development, attachment and play.
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Want to know more about parent leadership? Do not miss our November 6 (12PM ET/5PM GMT) parent engagement webinar Building Generational Power through Family Civics with Dr Joanna Geller and Dr Fabienne Doucet from @metronyu Register here https://t.co/ZOkzK7kp6Q
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Here's the link to the petition: https://t.co/MYV98PHgKv
@suzannezeedyk @KateJohnston3 @JonoLesley @connect_scot @Fi_PlayScotland @realdcameron
@GiveTimeScot @CreativeSTAR @LesleyRiddoch
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This is exactly why we need a #kindergartenstage .We need to protect the hard work of teachers and Early Years Educators who have been implementing #RealisingtheAmbition while being hamstrung by the focus on literacy and numeracy assessments in the first year of Primary School
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