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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

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

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