The Play Well Podcast

• 50 - Leanne Sweaton Play Pedagogy

  In this episode, our Play Pedagogy Award Officer, Fiona Kirkland speaks to Leanne Sweaton.Leanne is the Principal Teacher in Woodmill and Dunfermline Cluster in Fife supporting schools to close the poverty related attainment gap. She has been teaching for 25 years and began her play journey began back in 2016. Since then, she has revolutionised her practice and have never looked back. She runs the popular Facebook page 'The Play Piece'. Her work has been spotlighted by HMiE and Education Scotland and she has spoken nationally on this topic.

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• 49 - Inclusive Play Equipment

  In this episode, our former CEO Marguerite Hunter Blair speaks to Paul Hoenigmann, Managing Director of Inclusive Play.Paul is passionate about widening access to the physical, social, and cognitive development for all children through expanding the provision of welcoming and accessible outdoor play spaces. Our UK-made inclusive equipment supports communities create safe, engaging environments where every child can play, learn, and thrive—regardless of ability.Find out more about inclusive play on our website: https://www.playscotland.org/playful-communities/inclusive-play-design-3/

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• 48 - Dr William Bird MBE Getting Communities Active Through Games and Play

  In this episode, our former CEO Marguerite Hunter Blair speaks to Dr William Bird MBE.Dr William Bird MBE is passionate about getting people active. As a family GP in the 1990s, he pioneered the concept of social prescribing by setting up the first Health Walk scheme. William is an advisor to the World Health Organisation, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and Sport England. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter and the Chair of Active Essex, the Active Partnership for Essex. In 2010, he set up Intelligent Health, an organisation that has a mission to build healthier, active and more connected communities with 2 million participants worldwide.

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• 47 - Mental Health & Play

  On this epsiode, our Play Pedagogy Award Officer, Fiona Kirkland, speaks to Rebecca Wilkinson-Quinn, Clinical Lead for Scotland, Place2Be.Becky is a qualified Art Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. Becky comes from a Fine Arts background, working as an exhibiting artist, FE teaching and community settings. Becky has predominantly worked therapeutically with CYP, their families and teachers in schools, but has also lectured and worked with adults with a variety of presenting issues.   Becky began working with Place2Be 19 years ago, initially as a volunteer on placement. Becky has worked in a variety of roles at Place2Be and is now the Clinical Lead, for Scotland and is responsible for the clinical quality of the work. Having experience of the lasting difference that can be made in schools and communities from the ground up, Becky is hugely passionate about early intervention and the impact Place2Be’s work has.

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• 46 - Go Flourish

  In this episode, we speak to Julia Jane Gladwin.JJ is a garden designer with 30 years of experience in horticulture. She founded Go Flourish, a charity whose aim is to reconnect children to nature. Go Flourish put well-designed gardens into schools. The project uses a Liaison Teacher and the gardens to give real world context to curriculum learning. Partnering with St Andrew’s University to measure outcomes, Go Flourish aim to provide a cost-effective mechanism for national roll-out and demonstrate that mental health and learning outcomes are improved.

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