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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

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

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