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Author: Mollie Nijam

Why Play belongs in Trauma Informed Practice

9 February 2026

  Erin is a play therapist and lecturer based in Scotland with a…

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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

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

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