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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

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

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