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

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