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Category: Blog

Planning for Play

25 September 2013

An exciting new CPD (level 8) award is now available to help communities…

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Play Strategy for Scotland

25 June 2013

Think about your favourite Play memories, where were your favourite places to play…

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Play is the heart of wellbeing

8 April 2013

Play is the heart of wellbeing. This is especially true for children and…

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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

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

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