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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

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

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