Blog | East Lothian Play Association

Unboxed Tips are here!

May 13, 2025

Top tips for environmentally friendly, cardboard fun at home, school, groups and clubs. Cardboard offers opportunities for endless creative, fun with basic materials and tools. Cardboard is free so you don’t need to worry about using it up or making a mistake...

Join our team!

Feb 21, 2025

Choose Play is recruiting sessional Playworkers/Play Rangers Choose Play is growing our team of sessional Playworkers or Play Rangers to facilitate fun, active, inclusive and creative outdoor play opportunities across East Lothian. Choose Play’s goal is to...

PlayCan | by Can Do & ELPA

May 28, 2024

PlayCan is an exciting inclusive play project for children with additional support needs and their families from Can Do and ELPA, funded by the Thrive Outdoors: Outdoor Community Play Fund. If you are looking to read more about the project, CLICK HERE. ...

PlayCan (ASN)

May 27, 2024

PlayCan is an exciting inclusive play project from Can Do and ELPA, funded by the Thrive Outdoors: Outdoor Community Play Fund. If you are looking to read more about the project, CLICK HERE. To stay informed about future PlayCan sessions please subscribe...

Loose parts play – ten top tips

Feb 2, 2024

“The noise of play has changed, instead of screaming, we’ve got chatter, laughter and percussion. There’s a happy buzz.” With loose parts available in the playground, children are happier, more creative, co-operative and active when playing. The learning...

Spark the Park – Tranent

Jul 1, 2023

Spark the Park began in October 2023 to ‘bring to life’ underused green spaces and open discussion about these spaces with community members and decision makers. In Tranent we have been working in the space between George Johnstone Centre and Lindores Drive, running a...