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      • Play Types Toolkit
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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

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

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