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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

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

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