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Tag: play pedagogy award

Celebrating a big year for the Play Pedagogy Award

14 July 2026

By Fiona Kirkland, Play Pedagogy Lead It has been a really exciting year…

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Unveiling the Play Pedagogy Award Pilot: Embracing Play Across Scotland

27 May 2024

Exciting news ahead for Play Pedagogy in Scotland! We’re thrilled to announce 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

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

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