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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

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

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