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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

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