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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

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