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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

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

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