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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

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

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