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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

  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Law Primary School and North Berwick Nursery School
  • Step by Step Nursery
  • Abbey Early Years Centre
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Forgandenny Primary School
  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • International Play Association Scotland
  • TIGERS
  • Childcare First – Hillview Nursery
  • CALL Scotland
  • Upstart Scotland
  • The BIG Project
  • The Vennie Youth Club
  • Camperdown Primary School and Nursery
  • The Concrete Garden
  • Gleniffer Nursery
  • MyParkScotland
  • Earthtime for All Ltd
  • City of Glasgow College
  • Gap Childcare Services
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • NHS Forth Valley
  • Netherlee Nursery Class
  • Canongate Youth
  • Linthaugh Nursery School
  • Border Sensory Hub
  • Shetland College UHI
  • Angus Alive
  • Edinburgh Young Carers Project
  • Aberlour Childcare Trust
  • Arran High School
  • Maxwellton Park Nursery & OSC
  • Mud Pie
  • City of Play
  • Barlanark Out of School Care
  • Getting Better Together
  • Rattray Primary School
  • Meiklewood Nursery and After School Care
  • Maggie’s Childminding Service
  • Urbantu Ltd
  • Beech House Nursery
  • Warout Primary School
  • St Peter’s Primary School
  • Dunbar Primary School Nursery
  • Jordanhill School
  • Enable Scotland
  • Bikeability
  • Scottish Learning Group
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • East Pollockshields Out of School Care
  • Child’s Play
  • NHS West Dunbartonshire
  • Outlet Play Resource
  • Guildford Borough Council Playrangers
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • Towerbank ASC
  • Chanonry Beaver Scouts
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • Muck Primary School
  • Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR)
  • Childcare Strategy Team
  • Caldercuilt Primary School & Nursery
  • Make Mess Matter
  • Woodland Outdoor Kindergartens
  • Voluntary Action
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • East Lothian Out of School Care Network
  • Little Acorns
  • Babysign
  • Craigton Primary School
  • Islesburgh OOSC
  • St Rose of Lima Primary School
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • Pencaitland Primary School Parent Council
  • Forest School Leader
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Enterprise Childcare
  • Summerston Childcare
  • Nurture the Play
  • Child’s Play Nursery
  • St Joseph’s Primary School
  • Movement Park
  • Kilbarchan AAC
  • Edzell Nursery
  • NG Homes
  • Include Me 2 Club
  • Highland Council
  • Living Streets Scotland
  • Scalloway Pre-School
  • Fusion Childcare Services
  • East Park
  • Professional Learning Academy
  • The Destiny Project
  • 3D Drumchapel
  • Flowerpots Childcare
  • Scottish Book Trust
  • Springfield Primary School
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Inclusive Play
  • Cookfur Nursery Class
  • Gylemuir After School Club
  • ANSAR
  • High School of Dundee
  • West Lothian Council
  • Licketyspit
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • Parenting Across Scotland
  • ACE Place Nursery and OSC
  • St Sylvester’s Primary School
  • Tweedbank Early Learners
  • Scaraway Nursery School
  • St Ninian’s Primary School
  • University of Dundee
  • Home-Start Wigtownshire
  • Castlepark Primary School
  • Parkour UK
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • Scout Association
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • Carli’s Kindergarten
  • Fife Gingerbread
  • The Creativity Portal
  • Scottish Government
  • Balmore Kindergarten Ltd
  • Kidzcare
  • Gullane After School Club
  • Oxley Park Academy
  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • Early Education UK
  • Newtongrange ASC
  • Youth Scotland
  • Operation Play Outdoors
  • 3 Bears Nursery
  • 101st City of Edinburgh Brownies
  • Toybox Children’s Centre
  • East Lothian Play Association
  • St Charles’ Primary School
  • Holmston Out of Skool Club
  • Family and Community Development
  • Childcare in the Community
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Home-Start East Fife
  • Fun Lodge After School Care
  • Busy Bees Nursery
  • Gracemount Nursery
  • North United Communities
  • Outdoor Cleghorn
  • Cockburnspath Primary School
  • Abbey Mill Childcare
  • Bruce Family Centre
  • Twinkle Stars Childcare
  • Bonnyrigg ASC
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • Quarriers
  • Adoption UK
  • Lanarkshire Childcare Services
  • Giffnock Nursery Class
  • East Dunbartonshire Council
  • PlayBase
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • Alyth OOSC
  • Angus Council
  • Roots and Shoots Highland Learning
  • Clydesdale After School Care
  • Croftamie Nursery
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • East Ayrshire Community Play Forum
  • St Thomas Playgroup
  • Preschool Academy
  • Meadowburn Primary School
  • North Edinburgh Arts
  • Lecropt Nursery and Bridge of Allan OOSC
  • Newtown Primary School
  • Family Fund Scotland
  • Play Together on Pedals
  • Borders College
  • Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
  • Firsthand Lothian
  • Bridge of Weir Childcare
  • PlayBoard NI
  • Penicuik YMCA-YWCA
  • Crieff Hydro Kids Club
  • PEACE Childcare
  • Wardie Primary School
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • Evanton Wood Community Company
  • Seahorse Nursery
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • Balornock Primary School
  • Stay ‘n’ Play Childcare
  • Greendykes Early Years Centre
  • Orkney Library and Archive
  • Hyndland After School Club
  • NHS GGC Children and Families
  • Murrayburn Primary School
  • Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
  • Education Department East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Melrose Primary School
  • Edinburgh College
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Jennyswell Out of School Care
  • Off Grid Kids
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Action for Sick Children Scotland
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Interactive Play Scotland
  • Outdoor Woodland Learning School (OWLS)
  • St Paul’s Primary School
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • MACS After School Care
  • St Gerard’s Nursery School
  • Argyle Bridge Children’s Nursery
  • The Yard
  • Tarves Primary School
  • Red Harbour Events
  • Crieff Hydro
  • The Cottage Family Centre
  • Cardonald Primary School
  • Simpson Primary School & Nursery Class
  • Bonding with Baby
  • Support from the Start Haddington Cluster
  • PEEK Project
  • Dens Road Primary School
  • Buttons & Bows Nursery School
  • Inspiring Scotland
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • Innerwick Primary and Nursery School
  • Stramash
  • Little Forest Friends Scotland
  • Edible Estates
  • North Queensferry Primary
  • Grange Primary School
  • Monkey Puzzle Glasgow Central
  • Glasgow Life
  • Mini Me Yoga Ambassador
  • St Mirin’s Primary RC School
  • Adelaides Nursery
  • Johnshaven School
  • Commercial Primary School
  • Little Einsteins Nursery
  • Òganan Ghlaschu
  • Iona Primary Early Years
  • Whitburn and District Community Development Trust
  • Play Alloa
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
  • Fountainhall Nursery
  • Hillwood Primary School
  • West Johnstone Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • St Boswells Primary School
  • St George’s School for Girls
  • Little Bears by the Braes
  • Scalloway Youth & Community Centre
  • Echline Primary School and Nursery Class
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  • Access Parkour Ltd
  • Task Childcare Services
  • Falkirk Council
  • Whiteinch Centre
  • Simply Play
  • Park Primary School
  • East End Empowering Stars
  • Wee Gems
  • Almond Park Nursery
  • Support from the Start Prestonpans Cluster
  • South Morningside Primary School and Nursery
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Jordanhill Out of School Service
  • Broxburn Family Centre
  • Allsorts Dornoch
  • Liberton After School Club
  • Milltimber Playgroup
  • First Nursery
  • Coastguard Club
  • Fenton Barns Nursery
  • First 4 Kids
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary School
  • Prestonpans ASC
  • LINKES
  • Home School Partnership South Lanarkshire Council
  • Lamlash Early Years Class
  • Dunblane Youth & Sports Centre Trust
  • Gingerbread
  • C.O.J.A.C. Caring Operations Joint Action Council
  • Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
  • St David’s Primary RC
  • Burnfoot Community School
  • Support from the Start Tranent Cluster
  • The Wee Childcare Company Ltd
  • Camperdown Nursery, East Lothian
  • Enchanted Forest Nursery
  • Busby Primary School
  • Bankhead After School Care Service
  • Aberlady ELOSCN
  • Fife College
  • Rosemount Lifelong Learning
  • Scamps SOSC
  • Play Torbay
  • Goodlyburn Primary School
  • Holy Cross Nursery Class
  • Children’s Health Scotland
  • WHALE Arts
  • Toryglen After School Service (TASS)
  • Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  • Stirling Play Services, Stirling Council
  • Erskine Stewart Melville School
  • Eastmuir Primary School
  • Whiteness Primary School
  • Milltimber Out of School Club
  • Kinneil Primary School and Early Years Campus
  • Riverside Primary School
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • Giles Brook Breakfast Club and After School Club
  • Tiptoe’s Children’s Nursery
  • Four Seasons Nursery
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • Stanmore House School – Capability Scotland
  • Kids Come First
  • Smart Play Network
  • Stepping Stones North
  • Mid Calder Primary School
  • Ayrshire College
  • Busy Bairns Childminder
  • Craiglockhart After School Club
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • Aberdeenshire Council
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • Early Steps Nursery
  • Play on Wheels
  • Vibrant Communities, East Ayrshire Council
  • With Kids
  • Hayburn Park Association
  • Wallyford Primary School
  • Pirie Park Primary School
  • Leisure and Culture
  • Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • Pentlands Activity Camps (PAC)
  • Battlefield Primary ASC Association (BPASCA)
  • North Edinburgh Childcare
  • Windygoul Primary School
  • Ninewells Nursery
  • South Ayrshire Council
  • Families First, North Lanarkshire Council
  • Orchard Grove Kindergarten
  • Smallworld Out of School Club
  • Tingwall Primary School
  • Play Borders
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • Barnardo’s Scotland
  • Corstorphine Primary School
  • Linnvale Primary
  • Creative STAR
  • Healthy n Happy CDT
  • Fields in Trust Scotland
  • School of Education, University of the West of Scotland
  • Support for Families
  • St Martin’s Primary School and Nursery
  • Culture & Leisure
  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • Seamab
  • Support from the Start North Berwick Cluster
  • Starcatchers
  • What’s on Inverbervie Community
  • Impact Arts
  • CHAS
  • St Columba’s Junior School
  • Support from the Start Dunbar Cluster
  • Glenbervie Kindergarden
  • West Dunbartonshire Council
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Falkirk Community Trust Libraries
  • Perth & Kinross Council
  • Oxgangs Primary School
  • EA Junior School
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • Chatelherault Nursery & ASC
  • Cosy Cottage Nursery School
  • Fife Childcare Services
  • OSCARS Childcare
  • Dirleton Playgroup
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • Home-Start Kincardine
  • Dundee and Angus College
  • Black Lion Games
  • ASH Scotland
  • JoJos Little Party People
  • Parsons Green Primary
  • Galleon Centre
  • Fledglings Childminding Service
  • Thornlie Primary School
  • SPELL
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • The Green Team
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • North Ayrshire Council
  • Tinies
  • Cairnsmoir Connections
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • Argyll College
  • Lauriston Nursery
  • Tigerz ASC
  • Queens Cross Housing Association
  • Arkleston Primary School
  • Home-Start Levenmouth
  • Newmains Family Learning Centre
  • James Gillespie’s Nursery
  • Play Midlothian
  • Elphinstone Primary
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Gowrie Training and Consultancy
  • Biggar Primary School and Nursery
  • St David’s Primary School
  • Perth Autism Support
  • Project 31
  • Sciennes Primary School
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • Culture NL
  • Maddiston Primary School
  • Play and Sports Limited
  • Mini French
  • YouthLink Scotland
  • Antonine Primary School
  • Barnardo’s APNA Project
  • Inverbrothock OOSC
  • Ark Out of School Care
  • Hanover Street School
  • Cumbernauld YMCA
  • Burnbrae Primary School
  • Auchinairn Afterschool Care & Forest School
  • Child Central Training
  • Parent Action for Safe Play
  • Our Place Our Families
  • Firpark Primary School
  • Dalmilling Primary School
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • West College Scotland
  • Healthy Valleys
  • Scottish Out of School Care Network
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • Kidsize Out of School Club
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • RHC NHS GGC
  • Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
  • Tinto Nursery
  • TICTACS After School Service
  • Knightswood Primary
  • St Margaret’s Primary School
  • Òganan Dhun Eideann
  • Playland
  • Emerald Maintenance
  • St Leonard’s Primary and Nursery School
  • Craigour Park Primary School and Nursery
  • Clovenstone Primary School
  • Argyll & Bute Council
  • Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre
  • Laura’s Little Treasures

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