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Where do the Children Play?

24 March 2026

“As a child, connection to the outdoors and being able to run around…

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Why Play belongs in Trauma Informed Practice

9 February 2026

  Erin is a play therapist and lecturer based in Scotland with a…

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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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My day as a playworker – Gavin Bell

15 May 2024

I have been a playworker for over 20 years, gaining new play experiences…

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The Humble Cardboard Box, By Alex Wallis

21 November 2023

  December: the month of the year when homes and businesses across the…

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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

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

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