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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

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

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