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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

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

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