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Author: Sophie Arnold

Play Scotland’s response to the Human Rights Bill Consultation

11 October 2023

Play Scotland has published a response to the Human Rights Bill Consultation of…

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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

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

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