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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

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

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