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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

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

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