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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

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

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