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Author: Zoe Sills

The importance of risk in childhood play experiences

7 August 2024

Ask any group of adults about their most stand-out play memories and two…

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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

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