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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

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

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