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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

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

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