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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

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

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