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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

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