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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

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

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