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Laura Harrison Playworker

2 July 2024

I never thought playwork would be the career I would end up in;…

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My day as a playworker – Gavin Bell

15 May 2024

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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

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

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