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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

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