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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

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

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