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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

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

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