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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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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

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

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