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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

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

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