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Ask your MSP to support the Outdoor Play and Learning Motion!

1 September 2026

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The importance of risk in childhood play experiences

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How Amazing Playtimes Develop Language in Primary School Children

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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

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

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