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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

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