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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

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