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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

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

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