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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

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

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