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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

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

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