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      • Play Types Toolkit
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      • The Playwork Principles
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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

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

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