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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

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

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