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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

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