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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

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

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