Play Matters in the Highlands.

For people where play is an important part of their work or local community, a seminar organised by the Play Improvement Group - Play Highland takes place today (Monday 4 March) in Inverness.

Over 60 teachers and practitioners will be attending the seminar which is being held in Highland Council’s headquarters at Glenurquhart Road.

Councillor Linda Munro, Highland Council’s Children's Champion said: “Every child is entitled to play. This conference supports the Council Administration’s commitment to uphold the values of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.”

She added: “There will be various play-based workshops and we will also hear from keynote speaker Dr John McKendrick of Glasgow University who has been a Play Scotland Director since 1997.”

Participants will take part in a choice of workshops including:

Play Highland is a partnership of organisations which formed to take on the role of evaluating the All to Play For Highland Play Strategy 2006-2010 and the drafting of the next Highland play strategy. The partnership consists of Care and Learning Alliance; Youth Highland; Highland Children's Forum; Dornoch Allsorts After School Club; and Highland Mobile Toy Library

Further information on Play Highland and the Play Matters Seminar is on the https://playhighland.co.uk/ website.