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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

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

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