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Author: LucyGibbons

Play Scotland’s Playday 2022 Opinion Poll Summary

5 October 2022

The theme of 2022’s Playday was All To Play For – building play…

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Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022

9 September 2022

Play Scotland is deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty the Queen,…

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In Memoriam

22 July 2022

Everyone at Play Scotland was deeply saddened to hear that our dear friend…

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Win an early years Play Library – free competition for all Scottish primaries

17 June 2022

We’re delighted to share that we are working in partnership with Boromi as…

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Out on bikes with Grampy Book Launch

10 June 2022

Play Scotland, Cycling UK in Scotland and Cycling Scotland have teamed up to create an exciting…

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Children, Play & Place: Meaningful engagement with children & young people

18 May 2022

Do you believe that involving children and young people in decision making is…

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“Let’s Talk About Play!” Free Members’ Event

7 April 2022

  At Play Scotland, we love to talk about play! And, we want…

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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

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

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