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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

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

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