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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

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

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