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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

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

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