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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

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