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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

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

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