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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

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

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