Inspiring Growth Through Play
Play Academy is an inclusive service for children of all abilities aged 0-12 years to come and enjoy activities in an environment that has been engineered to promote their learning and development through play. The company was formed in 2025 by two concerned mums, because of a lack of permanent play facilities for children in the town of Blairgowrie and surrounding villages. It took approximately once year to get the final go ahead from local authority and secure funding to get the service off the ground.
We are a one of a kind service in Scotland and potentially the UK, placing Blairgowrie very much the centre of the map for our industry. The very concept of what we want to create in Blairgowrie has never been done before in this format, including a community space to hire for free and access to an occupational therapist for universal support services.
Meet Our Team
Carly Power
Carly Power is a State Registered Occupational Therapist (BSc Hons Brunel University 2003) qualified for 23 years and having worked in the health and social care sector for 29 years. She worked as specialist OT in paediatric care for the NHS and education services. Carly left the NHS in 2016 to set up Horizon Occupational Therapy Ltd and continued to work in specialist paediatric care and the medical legal sector as a rehabilitation case manager with both adults and children, before becoming a Director at Play Academy Scotland.
Vicky Myers
Vicky Myers achieved her National certificate of Licensees Part iV licences in 2005. She went on to have a career in retail then transitioning into care of children and young people, gaining an extensive set of child and parenting qualifications. Vicky is a kinship carer, having navigated social services and the legal system to achieve a legal special guardianship order of her nephew who has additional support needs. Vicky also has two sons both of whom have additional support needs including hyper-mobility and neuro-developmental conditions of ADHD and Autism. Vicky’s personal and parent experience is extensive and her training, make her well-placed to be a Parent Consultant and Director at Play Academy.
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