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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

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

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