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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

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

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