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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

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

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