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Tag: Outdoor play and learning

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

1 September 2026

  Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland has submitted a motion to…

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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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How Amazing Playtimes Develop Language in Primary School Children

25 June 2024

It is fair to say that my job is pretty enjoyable. I work…

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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

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

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