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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

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

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