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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

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

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