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Tag: Playday

Join us to celebrate Playday!

30 June 2026

Wednesday 5th August is Playday, the national day for play! We’re teaming up…

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Playday 2026 Theme Launch

14 May 2026

Join us on 5th August to celebrate Playday! Wednesday 5 August 2026 is…

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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

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

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