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The importance of risk in childhood play experiences

7 August 2024

Ask any group of adults about their most stand-out play memories and two…

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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

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

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