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Why Play belongs in Trauma Informed Practice

9 February 2026

  Erin is a play therapist and lecturer based in Scotland with a…

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

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