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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

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

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