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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

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

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