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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

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

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