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Play in Healthcare

30 March 2026

As our wonderful colleague Alex prepares to run the London Marathon for Starlight…

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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

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

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