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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

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

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