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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

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

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