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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

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

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