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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

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

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