Consultancy
With decades of experience, the team combines strategic thinking and operational development to find innovative ways to increase the number of opportunities for all children and young people to access outdoor play and learning, every day.
Every consultancy project is unique, and we work with you to understand your needs and tailor our support to match. We have experience in supporting everyone from small scale early years and play organisations, to national third sector bodies and local authorities. Here are some examples of current consultancy work:
In 2016, Inspiring Scotland partnered with Glasgow City Council's Education Services to develop the Active Play programme in support of the city’s Attainment Challenge. Delivered by three local charities and social enterprise Actify, Active Play amplifies the link between physical activity, mental alertness and cognitive development with fun, active and inclusive outdoor play opportunities.
Active Play has now been delivered in every primary school in Glasgow with many schools using Pupil Equity Funding to roll out the programme on a whole-school basis.
Active Play makes a unique contribution to children’s health and wellbeing improving their physical literacy skills and increasing their physical activity, critical to good health and wellbeing.
Over the course of 2023, we have been supporting Scottish Borders Council develop their outdoor play and learning offer within three communities. The team have been undertaking professional development support with schools and nurseries to deepen their understanding of outdoor play and learning pedagogy as well as providing practical operational site-specific support.
Thrive Outdoors have worked with three communities in the Scottish Borders to enhance outdoor play and learning in their ELC settings.
Professional Development Programme
in outdoor pedagogy
If you are looking to develop your outdoor pedagogy then this is a great place to start. Our team will cover everything from knowing your ‘why’, to the benefits of outdoor play and exploring risk, auditing and current outdoor provision, and creating an action plan. Your team will feel confident and excited to embed outdoor play and learning right away! We can deliver these sessions in a variety of ways from full day inservice to a series of shorter two-hour blocks over a number of weeks. We are happy to discuss how we can build our work into yours!
Our support is tailored to the needs of our partners, so contact us at Thrive@inspiringscotland.org.uk to discuss how we can help.
