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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

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

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