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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

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

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