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Tag: blog

What if the gallery was a playground?

5 October 2026

How giving young people permission to play might change the way we all…

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The intertwine of play in dental patient education

22 July 2026

By Dr V. K. Hillson BDS AFHEA MFDS (RCPSG)    The Problem  According…

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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

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

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