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Where do the Children Play?

24 March 2026

“As a child, connection to the outdoors and being able to run around…

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UK Play Safety Forum: Benefit-risk and the new ISO (Free online webinar)

23 January 2024

UK Play Safety Forum webinar on benefit-risk and the new ISO Book Tickets…

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The Humble Cardboard Box, By Alex Wallis

21 November 2023

  December: the month of the year when homes and businesses across the…

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Upcoming: AGM & 25 Years of Play Scotland

13 November 2023

Join us for Play Scotland’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations and AGM where we will…

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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

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

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