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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

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