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      • Play Types Toolkit
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    • Playwork
      • The Playwork Principles
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    • Loose Parts Play
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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

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

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