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Where do the Children Play?

24 March 2026

“As a child, connection to the outdoors and being able to run around…

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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

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

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