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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

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

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