Nancy Ovens Trust

This year's winners of the awards are from Crieff and Coatbridge. Play organisations from Laurencekirk, Perth, Midlothian and Dundee were amongst those highly commended for their work. For more details click here

Nancy Ovens

Nancy Ovens MBE made a very distinctive contribution to many individuals and organisations working with children and young people across Scotland, the UK and Europe. A former teacher, Nancy worked within the voluntary sector supporting the development of youth and children´s work prior to becoming a lecturer at Moray House School of Community Studies. Through her devotion to improving the provision for children, she became convinced that the loss of play opportunities was significantly damaging children´s physical, emotional and creative development. She set up the National Centre for Play under the auspices of Moray House and sought to address the need to improve the status and provision of children's play.

"I never cease to be surprised by the ability of children and young people to tell you what they think will make a difference to them and their community. All of us involved in providing them with services should always involve them and recognise their awareness and expertise".
Nancy Ovens MBE

Promoting Children's Play Spaces

Thank you for visiting the Nancy Ovens Trust website. We hope you have time to familiarise yourself with the work of the Trust and take an interest in children's play and youth work opportunities. If the information on this site raises any questions for you please contact us.

Nancy Ovens Trustees would like to thank the following organisations for their help with the awards

Skills Active www.skillsactive.com
PlayScotland www.playscotland.org
Youth Link Scotland www.youthlink-scotland.org
International Play Association Scotland http://www.ipascotland.org.uk/