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Why Play belongs in Trauma Informed Practice

9 February 2026

  Erin is a play therapist and lecturer based in Scotland with a…

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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

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

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