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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

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

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