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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

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

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