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      • Play Types Toolkit
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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

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

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