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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

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

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