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

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