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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

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

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