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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

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

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