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Tag: risky play

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

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

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