We're so excited to be preparing for a brand new volunteering project! Our project will open new opportunities for young people locally - we'll have a range of opportunities from prep to playwork, prop-making to decision-making...
More announcements to come as our project goes live.⚡️

Our Pop Up Play events receive amazing feedback from parents and children. Don't miss out on our last event of the summer!
Pop Up Adventure Play
Friday 8th and Saturday 9th August 11am - 3pm
Neilson Park, Haddington
Free, fun and friendly!

Calling all families, carers, and professionals working with children!
Scot Gov is inviting feedback on local play parks. They want to understand what’s working in our communities—and where improvements to be made.
The survey takes about 7 minutes to complete: forms.office.com/e/WkPx8TnJwW

Get out to play in Prestonpans! Our Pop Up Play sessions use natural and recycled materials that children can play with their way for hours of creative, active, screen free fun!☺

🌿Join us in Cuthill Park, Prestonpans
🪵Friday 25th July 11am-2pm
🐚Nature art, dens, games
🌻Free, fun and friendly!

🌻Choose Play (East Lothian Play Association)
🏵️Pop Up Play summer 2025
🌻Free, fun, friendly play sessions! Outdoor, imaginative play for screen free fun!

🪵Choose Play sessions focus on outdoor play using natural and recycled materials for creative and imaginative fun.
Everyone welcome!

At Choose Play sessions, children lead the play. While all sessions are different, here are some things to expect and some information that's good to know when you come along.
Look out for our summer programme, coming soon!

🌿Spark the Park, Tranent
Tuesdays 1st July to 8th August and Saturdays in July 1-3pm.

🎋Free, fun and friendly
Children lead the play with a bit of spark provided by the Play Rangers.

🪻Find us
At the green space between the George Johnstone Centre and Lindores Drive, Tranent EH33 1AA.

👣One week to go!👣
We'll be celebrating International Mud Day on 27th June in Neilson Park, Haddington ☺
Help us get ready by getting arty in the park- Our Play Rangers will be in Neilson Park tomorrow (Friday 19th) 12.30 - 1.30pm with collage, painting and drawing materials.
👣 Free, fun, friendly

Choose Play is so grateful to the Dickon Fund for supporting our outdoor community play sessions. These will take place in the local green space we love so much in Tranent.
Without such support we couldn't offer our mix of free, fun, friendly play sessions across East Lothian throughout the year.

International Day of Play is here! We are so excited to celebrate with Pencaitland Primary School - renamed PLAYcaitland by the children! We loved all the plans the children put together for a full day of play celebrating #IDOP2025
Enjoy your day of play and remember, choose play - every day!

🌳Spark the Park Tranent summer taster session!
🌳Friday 13th June 12.30 - 2.30pm
🌳Find the Play Rangers at the green space near the George Johnston Centre, Tranent.
🌳Free, fun and friendly.

Meet the Play Rangers, play games, relax in a hammock & help design our summer programme.
Everyone welcome😀

Giveaway! To celebrate #InternationaldayofPlay Choose Play is offering one East Lothian school the opportunity for a day of Unboxed cardboard fun! We will provide Play Rangers, cardboard & tools. Get in touch with: info@elpa.org.uk by end of the day of 27th May 2025, to nominate your school.

We're all looking forward to the sunny, play-filled days of the holidays! And summer just got sunnier, thanks to a grant from the Ponton Trust which is supporting our summer play programme. In the holidays our Play Rangers provide creative & adventurous outdoor play - always free, fun, friendly!

📣Job alert!
📣Holiday Project Lead (Temporary)
📣Apply by midnight 27th April 2025

We are looking for a playful, enthusiastic person who enjoys working with children and being part of a small, friendly team to support our busy summer programme.

Details here:
elpa.org.uk/job-alert/

We're presenting a workshop at Children in Scotland’s Annual Conference, taking place 28-29 May in Glasgow! Find out more and book your tickets now: childreninscotland.org.uk/conferences/...
#SpaceforVoices

Unboxed Tips are coming soon... but why wait? Go big or small with cardboard creations… you can make miniature environments in a shoebox or high towers & fancy forts.

- Save boxes from recycling.
- Look for different shapes and sizes
- Ask local businesses and supermarkets.

#playcreaterecycle

Look out for Unboxed Top Tips coming soon!
Cardboard offers endless creative fun using basic materials and tools. You can collect cardboard for free so you don’t need to worry about using it up or making a mistake.

Thanks for support - Haddington & Lammermuir Area Partnership!
#playcreaterecycle