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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

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

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