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Author: Cherie Morgan

Play Scotland’s Impact: Advocating for Play as a Social Justice Issue at the 11th Child in the City World Conference in Brussels, By Cherie Morgan

4 December 2023

I was delighted to be invited to Brussels to present on the progress…

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Scotland’s Play Charter

Scotland’s Play Charter describes our collective commitment to play for all children and young people. Supporters of the Charter know that children have the right to play and value play as an essential part of children’s health and wellbeing as individuals and part of the community.

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Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

  • Stirling ELC
  • St George’s School for Girls
  • Operation Play Outdoors
  • Ninewells Nursery
  • Doune Nursery
  • Tingwall Primary School
  • Creative STAR
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • Kidzcare
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • Getting Better Together
  • Tiptoe’s Children’s Nursery
  • Play and Sports Limited
  • Echline Primary School and Nursery Class
  • Abbey Early Years Centre
  • Adelaides Nursery
  • St Boswells Primary School
  • Chatelherault Nursery & ASC
  • Twinkle Stars Childcare
  • Our Place Our Families
  • Support from the Start Dunbar Cluster
  • PlayBoard NI
  • Commercial Primary School
  • Play Torbay
  • OSCARS Childcare
  • Task Childcare Services
  • Wee Gems
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  • Murrayburn Primary School
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • Outdoor Woodland Learning School (OWLS)
  • Living Streets Scotland
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • Child Central Training
  • Shetland College UHI
  • Erskine Stewart Melville School
  • Bruce Family Centre
  • Pentlands Activity Camps (PAC)
  • Argyll College
  • Dunbar Primary School Nursery
  • Islesburgh OOSC
  • International Play Association Scotland
  • Laura’s Little Treasures
  • Falkirk Community Trust Libraries
  • NHS Forth Valley
  • St Martin’s Primary School and Nursery
  • Smallworld Out of School Club
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • Aberlady ELOSCN
  • TICTACS After School Service
  • Seahorse Nursery
  • YouthLink Scotland
  • Parent and Infant Mental Health Scotland
  • Gap Childcare Services
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Jordanhill Out of School Service
  • Education Department East Dunbartonshire Council
  • St David’s Primary RC
  • Early Steps Nursery
  • Edzell Nursery
  • Canongate Youth
  • Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Tweedbank Early Learners
  • Eyemouth Primary School
  • Inverbrothock OOSC
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • The Yard
  • East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Whinhill Primary School
  • St Thomas Playgroup
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • Prestonpans ASC
  • ACE Place Nursery and OSC
  • Cosy Cottage Nursery School
  • Scottish Out of School Care Network
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Play Midlothian
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • Croftamie Nursery
  • Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR)
  • The Destiny Project
  • Whiteness Primary School
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Oxgangs Primary School
  • Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
  • Riverside Primary School
  • MACS After School Care
  • Hillwood Primary School
  • Lecropt Nursery and Bridge of Allan OOSC
  • Child’s Play Nursery
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • Off Grid Kids
  • EA Junior School
  • Seamab
  • Bikeability
  • Hyndland After School Club
  • Clovenstone Primary School
  • The Creativity Portal
  • Family Fund Scotland
  • Stramash
  • Hanover Street School
  • Whiteinch Centre
  • Queens Cross Housing Association
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • Wardie Primary School
  • Simpson Primary School & Nursery Class
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • Inspiring Scotland
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • Stanmore House School – Capability Scotland
  • Alyth OOSC
  • The Concrete Garden
  • Edinburgh and Lothians Out of School Care Network
  • Four Seasons Nursery
  • Playland
  • Busy Bees Nursery
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • Interactive Play Scotland
  • St Peter’s Primary School
  • St Charles’ Primary School
  • Professional Learning Academy
  • TIGERS
  • Firsthand Lothian
  • Gullane After School Club
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Galleon Centre
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • St Columba’s Junior School
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • Support from the Start Prestonpans Cluster
  • Elphinstone Primary
  • Penicuik YMCA-YWCA
  • Warout Primary School
  • Kilbarchan AAC
  • Guildford Borough Council Playrangers
  • Rosetta Early Learners
  • Licketyspit
  • Childcare Strategy Team
  • Scaraway Nursery School
  • Outdoor Cleghorn
  • Eastmuir Primary School
  • Biggar Primary School and Nursery
  • Dalmilling Primary School
  • CHAS
  • City of Glasgow College
  • Kinneil Primary School and Early Years Campus
  • Emerald Maintenance
  • Middleton Park School
  • Abbey Mill Childcare
  • East Park
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • Holmston Out of Skool Club
  • West Johnstone Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • Newton Nursery
  • Parkour UK
  • Parent Action for Safe Play
  • Flowerpots Childcare
  • Tinies
  • Dirleton Playgroup
  • Families First, North Lanarkshire Council
  • PEEK Project
  • Towerbank ASC
  • Linnvale Primary
  • Parenting Across Scotland
  • Home-Start East Fife
  • NHS GGC Children and Families
  • St Leonard’s Primary and Nursery School
  • Castlepark Primary School
  • Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  • Windygoul Primary School
  • East End Empowering Stars
  • Fountainhall Nursery
  • Linthaugh Nursery School
  • St Sylvester’s Primary School
  • ASH Scotland
  • Gowrie Training and Consultancy
  • Allan’s Nursery
  • Summerston Childcare
  • Highland Council
  • The Green Team
  • East Lothian Out of School Care Network
  • Law Primary School and North Berwick Nursery School
  • Simply Play
  • St Rose of Lima Primary School
  • Monkey Puzzle Glasgow Central
  • St Denis’ Primary School
  • Argyle Bridge Children’s Nursery
  • Leisure and Culture
  • Early Education UK
  • James Gillespie’s Nursery
  • Rosemount Lifelong Learning
  • Childcare in the Community
  • Arran High School
  • KO-NEKT (Childcare)
  • RHC NHS GGC
  • Gylemuir After School Club
  • Springfield Primary School
  • Almond Park Nursery
  • Newtown Primary School
  • Borders College
  • Bonding with Baby
  • Inclusive Play
  • Oxley Park Academy
  • Culture NL
  • Craiglockhart After School Club
  • Thornlie Primary School
  • Innerwick Primary and Nursery School
  • Fife Gingerbread
  • University of Strathclyde
  • LINKES
  • Scottish Government
  • Jordanhill School
  • Udston Primary School
  • Sciennes Primary School
  • Maxwellton Park Nursery & OSC
  • Project 31
  • Fun Lodge After School Care
  • Support from the Start Haddington Cluster
  • Cambusbarron Village Nursery
  • The BIG Project
  • Angus Alive
  • Carli’s Kindergarten
  • Busy Bairns Childminder
  • Forest School Leader
  • With Kids
  • Muck Primary School
  • Home-Start Wigtownshire
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • Giffnock Nursery Class
  • St Margaret’s Primary School
  • Evanton Wood Community Company
  • Meadowburn Primary School
  • Roots and Shoots Highland Learning
  • Angus Council
  • Enterprise Childcare
  • Grange Primary School
  • Access Parkour Ltd
  • Gingerbread
  • Auchinairn Afterschool Care & Forest School
  • Busby Primary School
  • Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre
  • Lamlash Early Years Class
  • Home-Start Levenmouth
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Edinburgh College
  • Mud Pie
  • Little Lunches
  • Pencaitland Primary School Parent Council
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • Fenton Barns Nursery
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • North United Communities
  • City of Play
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Hayburn Park Association
  • Holy Cross Nursery Class
  • PlayBase
  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • Outlet Play Resource
  • Chanonry Beaver Scouts
  • Step by Step Nursery
  • Camperdown Primary School and Nursery
  • St Ninians Nursery
  • Gracemount Nursery
  • Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
  • West College Scotland
  • Knightswood Primary
  • Johnshaven School
  • South Morningside Primary School and Nursery
  • Little Scallywags Nursery
  • East Lothian Play Association
  • Culture & Leisure
  • Play Together on Pedals
  • Heathfield Primary & Early Years Centre
  • Fife Play Resource, Fife Play Development Team, Fife Council
  • High School of Dundee
  • Crieff Hydro
  • Aberfoyle Nursery
  • Enchanted Forest Nursery
  • Stirling Play Services, Stirling Council
  • Cairnsmoir Connections
  • Toybox Children’s Centre
  • Scalloway Youth & Community Centre
  • Argyll & Bute Council
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • Adoption UK
  • MyParkScotland
  • Clydesdale After School Care
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • Barnardo’s APNA Project
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Maddiston Primary School
  • Stepping Stones North
  • Goodlyburn Primary School
  • Ayrshire College
  • Edinburgh Young Carers Project
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • Enable Scotland
  • Fife Childcare Services
  • Òganan Ghlaschu
  • Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • Cockburnspath Primary School
  • South Ayrshire Council
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Lanarkshire Childcare Services
  • Wellgreen Nursery, Stirling
  • Include Me 2 Club
  • Ark Out of School Care
  • Milltimber Playgroup
  • Arkleston Primary School
  • Red Harbour Events
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Quarriers
  • Starcatchers
  • Firpark Primary School
  • C.O.J.A.C. Caring Operations Joint Action Council
  • Pirie Park Primary School
  • North Edinburgh Childcare
  • Newtongrange ASC
  • St Joseph’s Primary School
  • Tinto Nursery
  • First 4 Kids
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
  • Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
  • Boomerang Community Centre
  • WHALE Arts
  • Forgandenny Primary School
  • Crieff Hydro Kids Club
  • Edible Estates
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • Cumbernauld YMCA
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary School
  • Healthy Valleys
  • Preschool Academy
  • Healthy n Happy CDT
  • Movement Park
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • Barnardo’s Scotland
  • Kidsize Out of School Club
  • Meiklewood Nursery and After School Care
  • Scamps SOSC
  • Melrose Primary School
  • North Ayrshire Council
  • Babysign
  • Cardonald Primary School
  • CALL Scotland
  • Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
  • Aberlour Childcare Trust
  • Perth Autism Support
  • Play Alloa
  • Scalloway Pre-School
  • Nurture the Play
  • Caldercuilt Primary School & Nursery
  • Make Mess Matter
  • Bankhead After School Care Service
  • Cookfur Nursery Class
  • Liberton After School Club
  • Child’s Play
  • Park Primary School
  • Impact Arts
  • Mid Calder Primary School
  • Rattray Primary School
  • Orchard Grove Kindergarten
  • Newmains Family Learning Centre
  • West Dunbartonshire Council
  • First Nursery
  • Barlanark Out of School Care
  • Mini Me Yoga Ambassador
  • Mini French
  • Maggie’s Childminding Service
  • SPELL
  • Glasgow Life
  • Craigour Park Primary School and Nursery
  • Fledglings Childminding Service
  • The Cottage Family Centre
  • Kids Come First
  • Leaps and Bounds Activities (LBA)
  • Iona Primary Early Years
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • East Pollockshields Out of School Care
  • Aberdeenshire Council
  • St Gerard’s Nursery School
  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Fife College
  • NHS West Dunbartonshire
  • 3D Drumchapel
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • Little Forest Friends Scotland
  • Support for Families
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • Craigton Primary School
  • Wallyford Primary School
  • Woodland Outdoor Kindergartens
  • Dundee and Angus College
  • Dens Road Primary School
  • Gleniffer Nursery
  • South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  • Support from the Start Tranent Cluster
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Jennyswell Out of School Care
  • Bridge of Weir Childcare
  • North Queensferry Primary
  • Loader Monteith
  • Fusion Childcare Services
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Beech House Nursery
  • Parsons Green Primary
  • Fields in Trust Scotland
  • Youth Scotland
  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • Holy Corner Community Playgroup
  • Falkirk Council
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Home-Start Kincardine
  • Play Borders
  • Burnfoot Community School
  • Children’s Health Scotland
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • St Paul’s Primary School
  • Coastguard Club
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Corstorphine Primary School
  • North Edinburgh Arts
  • The Wee Childcare Company Ltd
  • Burnbrae Primary School
  • Little Acorns
  • Support from the Start North Berwick Cluster
  • St Ninian’s Primary School
  • Orkney Library and Archive
  • Voluntary Action
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • West Lothian Council
  • Musselburgh Burgh Primary School
  • Whitburn and District Community Development Trust
  • NG Homes
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • Lauriston Nursery
  • Houston Primary School
  • Black Lion Games
  • Allsorts Dornoch
  • Earthtime for All Ltd
  • Buttons & Bows Nursery School
  • Perth & Kinross Council
  • Balornock Primary School
  • Glenbervie Kindergarden
  • What’s on Inverbervie Community
  • Smart Play Network
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • Upstart Scotland
  • University of Dundee
  • Borestone Primary School
  • Scout Association
  • Tarves Primary School
  • St David’s Primary School
  • Battlefield Primary ASC Association (BPASCA)
  • Scottish Book Trust
  • Balmore Kindergarten Ltd
  • Antonine Primary School
  • Dunblane Youth & Sports Centre Trust

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