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Active Students Could Outperform Sitting Students by 16%

4 December 2018

The BBC has published an article detailing new research on active students. “International research found…

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UK Poverty Report from JRF

4 December 2018

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has this week published the 2018 Poverty Report, you…

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Are you Going to Join The Playtime Revolution?

23 October 2013

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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

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