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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

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

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