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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

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

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