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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

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

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