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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

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

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