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    • Managing Risk
    • Loose Parts Play
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Author: Mollie Nijam

Annual General Meeting & Strategy Launch

14 April 2026

We are delighted to invite you to Annual General Meeting and Strategy Launch party!…

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Play in Healthcare

30 March 2026

As our wonderful colleague Alex prepares to run the London Marathon for Starlight…

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Where do the Children Play?

24 March 2026

“As a child, connection to the outdoors and being able to run around…

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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

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

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